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 ECKELS, KEITH R | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $127,823.97 | Date 04/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEDMANN, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $115,470.73 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANANTUONO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $106,122.43 | Date 08/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $103,841.48 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, MICHAEL | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $103,828.17 | Date 02/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, JOHN M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $103,828.17 | Date 10/31/1973 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, FRANK M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $103,586.90 | Date 07/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINN, DONALD J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $100,601.90 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERTH, RONALD S | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $97,654.01 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENKER, KERRY A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $91,967.95 | Date 09/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,832.41 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARMO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,772.42 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTHER, JESSE L | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,552.41 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, RUSSELL W | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,193.47 | Date 06/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVA, JOHN D | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,172.38 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,060.47 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, CHARLES, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $88,000.49 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTORA, DANIEL | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,976.03 | Date 05/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, THOMAS J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,893.49 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DAMEN | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,572.43 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, DARIUS | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,572.41 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYE, DONNELL T | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,397.11 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKSON, JAMES E | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,272.45 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIBACH, JOHN | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,103.08 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANNON, BENJAMIN G | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,083.08 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LEO, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,995.79 | Date 07/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ALFRED T | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,954.48 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINELLI, PATRICK | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,821.53 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTY, PRESTON, III | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,693.48 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, SEAN P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,906.36 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARMAN, RICHARD E | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $84,635.82 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OLIVERI, ROBERT | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $84,039.06 | Date 04/22/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSBACH, JEFF A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,975.84 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, JOHN | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,935.86 | Date 11/17/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RONAN, BRIAN P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,895.37 | Date 07/16/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILANO, RONALD A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,892.14 | Date 06/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIGER, CARL W | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,635.53 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, VERNON | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,622.48 | Date 01/13/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MITCHELL, CHARLIE, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,435.85 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARWOOD, RICHARD A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,339.98 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SANTANA, LUIS J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,150.72 | Date 02/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'CONNOR, SEAN P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,972.27 | Date 10/13/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWICZKOWSKI, STEVEN | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,895.64 | Date 04/06/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ISAAC, BRIAN T | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,510.07 | Date 01/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CASSELLO, BENEDICT G | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,219.67 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHN C | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,116.92 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACHEMEISTER, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $76,277.06 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEARSON, TYWAN M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $72,278.77 | Date 09/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, JOSEPH M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $71,357.91 | Date 11/26/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PEREDA, MICHAEL C | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $63,547.94 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, JAMES H | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $63,133.93 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLAIR, DEBORAH V | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $61,893.82 | Date 01/07/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CERNY, EILEEN M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $61,893.82 | Date 10/04/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GLASSMAN, EILEEN P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $61,640.82 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORELLI, STEVEN J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $54,536.38 | Date 04/09/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ATKINS, BRANDON T | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $53,053.03 | Date 10/03/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NELSON, WAYNE A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $43,425.94 | Date 04/12/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PINCKNEY, PHILIP C | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District 14 | Amount $30,475.00 | Date 05/01/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LUDWIG, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $25,080.45 | Date 05/27/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DURHAM, JOHN J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $20,536.06 | Date 10/24/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YORK, THOMAS P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $15,950.00 | Date 04/21/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, GERARD W | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $7,499.96 | Date 02/14/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLS, JOHN A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $7,499.96 | Date 01/03/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE HANEY, CARL L | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $7,499.96 | Date 10/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COX, ANNE M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District 14 | Amount $3,000.00 | Date 06/11/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name UEHLINGER, EDWARD G | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District 14 | Amount $3,000.00 | Date 06/28/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ECKELS, KEITH R | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $123,100.08 | Date 04/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WIEDMANN, DOUGLAS D | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $114,911.29 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name YANANTUONO, JOSEPH P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $106,223.77 | Date 08/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SEMAN, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $102,723.68 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ESPOSITO, FRANK M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $102,092.13 | Date 07/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUGLISI, JOHN M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $101,492.13 | Date 10/31/1973 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ZINN, DONALD J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $99,269.10 | Date 07/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, MICHAEL | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $98,298.05 | Date 02/17/1983 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERTH, RONALD S | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $96,246.69 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHWENKER, KERRY A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $89,386.20 | Date 09/05/1996 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WALTHER, JESSE L | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $87,200.46 | Date 09/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWER, RUSSELL W | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,930.14 | Date 06/12/1986 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARMO, WILLIAM J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,910.14 | Date 10/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,840.43 | Date 12/28/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, ALFRED T | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,660.26 | Date 07/14/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,610.14 | Date 11/23/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HACHEMEISTER, ROBERT F, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,334.44 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAVA, JOHN D | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $86,310.14 | Date 01/23/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINELLI, PATRICK | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,927.43 | Date 03/09/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DUDLEY, CHARLES, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,772.02 | Date 02/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LEO, JR | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,710.14 | Date 07/11/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAIBACH, JOHN | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,610.14 | Date 04/07/1997 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTY, PRESTON, III | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,410.14 | Date 12/01/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HICKSON, JAMES E | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,410.14 | Date 02/03/2003 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYE, DONNELL T | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,172.02 | Date 10/26/1987 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUINN, THOMAS J | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $85,082.66 | Date 06/24/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEARY, SEAN P | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $84,859.07 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TORTORA, DANIEL | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $84,020.76 | Date 05/11/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEYER, JOHN | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $83,243.23 | Date 08/03/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSBACH, JEFF A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,985.33 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARWOOD, RICHARD A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,850.33 | Date 08/31/1981 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HERBERT, JAMES H | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,850.33 | Date 08/21/1989 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SILANO, RONALD A | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,850.25 | Date 06/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JOHN C | Employer name Hempstead Sanitary District #2 | Amount $82,668.32 | Date 01/07/1991 | Fiscal year 2015-16 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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