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 CZAJKA, PAUL | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $182,111.22 | Date 12/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOFSTETTER, JEFFREY | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $136,732.31 | Date 07/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAZIANO, PAUL A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $117,161.05 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANPHEAR, THOMAS H, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $112,210.00 | Date 08/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, MICHAEL W | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $108,541.26 | Date 10/28/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTLETT, DAVID P | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $105,748.26 | Date 01/01/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIVERO, JOHN M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $105,249.35 | Date 07/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAY, LOUIS C, III | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $104,587.58 | Date 02/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVI, JOHN W | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $104,145.76 | Date 05/16/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLUCCI, JAMES A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $104,050.77 | Date 09/24/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPONERA, RONALD J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $103,824.00 | Date 04/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE ROCHA, JOHN E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $102,857.65 | Date 04/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHASE, CLARENCE W, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $101,633.70 | Date 07/01/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FIESER, ELI J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $100,374.86 | Date 07/01/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERANTE, THOMAS R | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $99,991.66 | Date 05/30/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOSTER, WILLIAM B | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $99,745.13 | Date 09/06/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZSIMMONS, ROBERT J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $99,321.45 | Date 03/30/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSPAUGH, WILLIAM E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $98,836.91 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROOCKMANN, ANDREW C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $98,080.71 | Date 04/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HILSCHER, WILLIAM T | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $96,805.40 | Date 11/20/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARLING, CATHERINE R | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $96,386.77 | Date 05/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KRAPF, DONALD J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $95,948.92 | Date 09/19/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORGAN, COLLEEN P | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $95,915.83 | Date 08/16/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SKYPE, KEVIN M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $95,764.83 | Date 06/30/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, BERNARD A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $95,740.34 | Date 07/21/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEELER, PAUL J, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $95,560.18 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIBSON, ROBERT M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $94,651.33 | Date 01/01/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULLER, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $94,592.11 | Date 07/06/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORNELIUS, DOMINIC J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $94,592.10 | Date 01/14/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CRIMMINS, IAN L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $94,592.10 | Date 09/20/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWSER, JESSICA D | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $94,592.09 | Date 06/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOGUE, PATRICK M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $94,509.26 | Date 07/15/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MABB, JOHN J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $93,975.12 | Date 01/16/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, REAGAN J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $93,890.97 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRAHM, ANTHONY C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $92,495.97 | Date 07/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, WAYNE | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $92,401.50 | Date 01/13/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PROPER, DAVID M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $89,712.26 | Date 02/08/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUNSPAUGH, MARK A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $89,251.30 | Date 04/24/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAUD, DANIEL J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $89,113.32 | Date 07/13/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALBERY, GREGORY L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $88,826.07 | Date 07/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALMASI, DANIEL S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $87,236.76 | Date 06/22/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TANNER, HOLLY C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $87,124.75 | Date 03/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLEASON, DONNA MARI | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $87,092.98 | Date 07/22/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOLINSKI, BRIAN J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $86,471.15 | Date 11/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUTCHINGS, TIMOTHY P | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $86,061.72 | Date 07/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRZESKOW, PETER S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $85,912.19 | Date 11/12/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEENAN, JESSICA E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $85,132.59 | Date 09/27/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOPEZ, ROBERT C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $84,874.51 | Date 06/19/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS-RIORDON, MICHAELE | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $84,297.17 | Date 10/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JULIANO, RICHARD C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $84,081.43 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JABLONKA, KARY D | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $83,921.33 | Date 09/21/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETTY, DANA J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $83,841.85 | Date 11/17/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLANK, THEODORE J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $83,563.12 | Date 04/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOTALING, PETER E, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $83,537.17 | Date 08/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLEHER, BERNARD J, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $82,601.42 | Date 10/23/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BODRATTI, ROBERT P | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $82,383.99 | Date 07/09/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOHNSON, KEVIN V | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $82,275.22 | Date 08/08/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE RUZZIO, MICHAEL S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $82,167.02 | Date 08/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UBLACKER, MICHELLE M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $81,870.71 | Date 11/04/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAUHOFF, KRIS C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $81,833.89 | Date 11/13/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARVEY, JASON E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $81,587.05 | Date 05/18/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAPEMAN, JAMES D | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $80,074.78 | Date 03/06/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROLL, PETER J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $79,854.05 | Date 05/24/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREUSSER, THERESA M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $79,802.93 | Date 11/23/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VOSE, JEREMY J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $78,796.65 | Date 05/07/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENANSKY, HEATH C | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $78,584.44 | Date 10/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHUFELT, CHAD L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $77,517.02 | Date 07/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOERFER, CAROL M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $76,640.50 | Date 08/25/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GANEY, JENNIFER L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $76,495.14 | Date 05/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name APICELLA, GUY T | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $76,464.86 | Date 11/05/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COZZA, ANTHONY J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $76,314.10 | Date 03/15/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELLIOTT, JUSTIN A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $76,065.97 | Date 10/03/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, PATRICE W | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,737.99 | Date 10/18/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTIN, FRANK M, JR | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,722.39 | Date 06/25/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARTER, MATTHEW | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,433.88 | Date 01/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZELLER, LORIN | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,379.61 | Date 03/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'KEEFE, JAMES V | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,273.29 | Date 05/21/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITTAKER, SUSAN A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,119.94 | Date 09/30/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LYONS, JOHN J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $75,023.96 | Date 09/08/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHAN, TIMOTHY J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,663.38 | Date 01/24/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOPKINS, LYNELLE | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,565.01 | Date 11/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAEL, LEANN L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,565.00 | Date 12/14/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHERIFF, THOMAS J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,556.07 | Date 04/14/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARDNER, BRIAN J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,444.07 | Date 02/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ALSTYNE, AMY R | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,307.01 | Date 06/03/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VAN ALSTYNE, TRAVIS N | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,282.47 | Date 02/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TOPPLE, DIANNE M | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $74,102.51 | Date 02/09/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOEHME, IAN W | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $73,909.26 | Date 04/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCHINGER, DAWN E | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $73,575.04 | Date 08/24/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PAPADAKIS, ANNA | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $73,571.01 | Date 04/11/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EDGEWORTH, JAMES A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $73,449.61 | Date 09/24/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMBROSE, JOSEPH V | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $73,255.08 | Date 01/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KLINE, AMBER L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $73,253.98 | Date 07/31/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VALLEY, DOREEN D | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $72,893.21 | Date 04/12/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AMERLING, DEBORAH A | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $72,438.09 | Date 11/03/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOVACK, CAROL J | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $72,407.73 | Date 10/24/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EISNER, ANN S | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $72,193.34 | Date 04/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DELANEY, PATRICK D | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $71,921.56 | Date 07/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRISCOE, KELLY L | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $71,872.64 | Date 12/21/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HROMADA, KERRY P | Employer name Columbia County | Amount $71,837.35 | Date 10/04/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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