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 MINKEL-SHEPARD, KIMBERLEY A Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $211,030.72 Date 10/15/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STATE, DAVID J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $153,430.99 Date 07/30/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VANECEK, WILLIAM R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $150,296.00 Date 11/09/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GEORGE, THOMAS R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $144,928.70 Date 02/03/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORSE, HAROLD W Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $133,819.05 Date 06/01/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COX, JOHN T Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $129,826.98 Date 08/22/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRUNETTE, VICKY-MARIE J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $122,539.46 Date 07/17/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUTCHINS, ATHENA M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $120,337.01 Date 04/19/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAST, GEORGE W Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $118,698.19 Date 03/01/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARTMAYER, C DOUGLAS Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $117,138.78 Date 08/17/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GARRITY, MICHAEL E Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $115,822.13 Date 03/18/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHAEFER, JOHN M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $114,267.06 Date 10/01/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLELLO, ANTHONY Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $114,132.85 Date 09/18/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JONES, FRED, III Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $113,884.15 Date 01/28/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NOVO, KAREN S Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $113,075.36 Date 05/26/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREEN, MICHAEL P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $112,865.23 Date 06/01/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NESCI, NICHOLAS A Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $112,055.01 Date 09/11/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RUSSO, RICHARD J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $111,371.79 Date 07/29/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHIODO, CHRIS N. Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $111,354.62 Date 08/05/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PERLA, MARY E Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $110,614.57 Date 09/29/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DALOISE, CHRISTINE A Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $109,157.09 Date 09/08/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOMENDA, MICHAEL D Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $108,794.53 Date 11/03/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FORD, JOHN M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $108,235.26 Date 01/25/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WEITZ, LEE P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $107,412.02 Date 09/19/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARDINALE, RONALD S Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $106,729.84 Date 05/24/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TEGLER, GARY Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $106,499.34 Date 06/08/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAIBBI, ANDRE C, JR Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $106,132.06 Date 10/15/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC CLINTOCK, PAUL D Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $106,000.59 Date 02/05/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANTHOLZNER, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $105,580.83 Date 10/06/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ESFORD, MICHAEL G Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $105,553.61 Date 11/03/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORAN, WILLIAM P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $105,505.05 Date 09/29/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEIBEL, GARY A Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $104,643.74 Date 10/06/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRADL, WAYNE R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $104,250.96 Date 08/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PORTER, JASON P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $104,121.86 Date 12/31/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PEPIN, MICHAEL J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $104,109.90 Date 07/27/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOLBERT, THOMAS J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $103,699.29 Date 12/17/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MORRELL, JAMES K Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $103,143.91 Date 08/22/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DALTON, PATRICK J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $103,082.27 Date 04/06/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALLIVAN, MATTHEW J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $102,970.67 Date 07/29/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KRZEMIEN, DAVID H Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $102,709.39 Date 02/21/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RUGG, DAVID P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $102,704.51 Date 10/06/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAJOR, WILLIAM K Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $102,393.39 Date 07/21/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EBERTH, JOEL R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $102,273.24 Date 01/28/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HALLIDAY, JAMES W Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $101,594.25 Date 01/28/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KLUCK, MICHAEL Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $101,376.34 Date 03/29/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COHEN, PASCAL E Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $101,093.96 Date 09/12/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WHELAN, LUKE T Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $100,399.66 Date 07/09/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC DONOUGH, BRIAN P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $100,160.52 Date 06/07/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARAN, MICHAEL J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $100,150.96 Date 10/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TAMOL, GARY Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $100,062.07 Date 12/07/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAPRETTO, DAVID A Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $99,861.17 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MANICCIA, MICHELLE Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $99,853.71 Date 07/06/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVIES, MICHAEL R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $99,726.37 Date 08/05/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LANDIS, GRAHME P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $98,866.13 Date 07/29/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOOPER, DAVID R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $98,770.48 Date 06/06/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHILLING, KEVIN R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $98,205.13 Date 12/17/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PECK, DARRIN D Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $98,152.33 Date 09/17/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CALLOWAY, PETER J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $98,149.45 Date 01/25/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DI PASQUALE, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $98,077.00 Date 08/18/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RUTKOWSKI, WILLIAM J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $97,731.62 Date 07/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HARGROVE, KAREN A Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $97,331.49 Date 07/17/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUARINO, JOSEPH E Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $97,092.04 Date 01/13/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SNIATECKI, DAVID Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $97,057.64 Date 03/02/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOTWICA, THOMAS M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $97,048.98 Date 12/14/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SORRENTO, LINDA M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $96,495.39 Date 10/20/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOLE, MARK E Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $96,284.49 Date 01/03/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEWIS, RICHARD W Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $96,279.37 Date 07/01/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WOJCIK, JOHN J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $96,235.33 Date 04/23/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YUHNKE, JOHN M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $96,030.56 Date 12/31/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARGNESI, DAWN M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $96,000.00 Date 04/17/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, MICHAEL G Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $95,628.68 Date 11/10/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC GOVERN, TIMOTHY P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $95,615.96 Date 10/27/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA SCALA, JOSEPH L Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $95,243.78 Date 08/02/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOELLE, JASON W Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $95,188.57 Date 02/22/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC ANDREW, ROBERT C Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $94,916.68 Date 01/30/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUSSO, RICHARD L Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $94,702.18 Date 07/09/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARSTELLER, THOMAS N Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $94,624.97 Date 11/03/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERALD, ANDREA M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $94,621.38 Date 04/05/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRABOWSKI, JAMES M, SR Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $94,479.00 Date 10/06/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIEBOLD, JOHN N Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $94,273.55 Date 08/08/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEYERS, TIMOTHY J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $93,601.45 Date 11/02/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALAIMO, RUSSELL M. Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $93,571.53 Date 03/18/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CLIFFORD, CHRISTIE L Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $93,148.37 Date 08/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LUPP, DENNIS M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,747.24 Date 06/02/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PALLADINO, CRAIG V Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,744.70 Date 02/14/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name POLITOWSKI, JOHN B Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,665.73 Date 02/15/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GRUBER, MICHAEL P Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,586.92 Date 10/02/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEWEY, THOMAS C, II Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,577.32 Date 03/18/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BRATEK, JACOB J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,281.05 Date 01/10/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCIME, STEVEN V Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,239.64 Date 04/02/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAWLAK, ROBERT M Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,183.98 Date 02/21/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LOBUZZETTA, WILLIAM Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,098.01 Date 07/17/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOWALSKI, PAUL R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $92,035.99 Date 06/27/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC DONELL, SHAWN W Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $91,634.86 Date 07/29/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JONES, JAMES G, JR Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $91,332.72 Date 05/02/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COGGINS, CASEY R Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $91,176.03 Date 07/20/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GUISE, ROBERT W Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $90,990.67 Date 04/29/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC DONALD, EDWARD J Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $90,786.03 Date 09/16/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUBBARD, LEONARD T Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $90,635.86 Date 05/03/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DROZDIEL, DAVID E Employer name Niagara Frontier Trans Auth Amount $90,588.43 Date 05/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System

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