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 THOMAS, MARK W Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $139,230.92 Date 01/01/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOTY, CLYDE W Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $123,110.18 Date 04/25/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MORIARTY, PATRICK B Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $122,210.18 Date 05/17/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PETERS, RONALD B Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $118,186.79 Date 01/18/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MISTRETTA, MARK V Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $109,863.74 Date 02/25/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NISBET, BRIAN P Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $107,264.36 Date 09/04/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GIARRIZZO, ANDREW C Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $107,210.22 Date 04/02/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIDDLE, JAMES W, JR Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $105,423.66 Date 02/22/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WATT, THOMAS P Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $102,055.61 Date 01/09/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PERRY, JOHN D Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $97,606.87 Date 04/17/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VOREL, MICHAEL J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $97,376.92 Date 10/16/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRANZ, THOMAS J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $95,990.38 Date 01/06/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MARCYAN, JOHN L Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $94,270.47 Date 07/31/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CALI, MICHAEL, JR Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $93,867.95 Date 12/01/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MIKULA, JOHN M Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $91,655.90 Date 01/06/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RUSSELL, BRIAN G Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $90,812.13 Date 12/04/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ECKERT, JEFFREY B Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $90,087.04 Date 07/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUSCH, NANCY C Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $86,639.69 Date 09/30/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYCHCIK, JOSEPH A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $85,751.84 Date 03/09/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MACK, JESSE L Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $83,482.48 Date 12/07/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BORKENHAGEN, DARRELL E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $83,222.63 Date 12/04/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BERARDI, JASON A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $82,949.22 Date 12/04/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KARDOS, NOELLE C Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $81,931.90 Date 10/21/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DURHAM, SCOTT T Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $81,602.38 Date 01/07/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DWORAK, PATRICK F Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $80,819.88 Date 07/20/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HILLMAN, ANDREW P Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $80,189.69 Date 10/14/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOTEMPIO, THOMAS C Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $79,664.97 Date 06/19/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHLENKER, ERIC P Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $79,534.80 Date 08/12/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GERLACH, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $79,088.44 Date 01/10/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CRAMER, KEVIN A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $78,210.50 Date 06/12/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GREENE, DOUGLAS T Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $75,527.79 Date 12/04/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VIRGILIO, BARRY J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $74,265.44 Date 10/25/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, GREGORY A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $73,863.85 Date 05/12/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POLANSKI, MICHELLE M Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $73,646.41 Date 01/07/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MEIDENBAUER, ROBERT E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $73,465.26 Date 09/14/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SIBENIK, NATHAN J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $70,196.96 Date 11/05/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SZPRYGADA, DAVID S Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $69,795.67 Date 04/09/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NEWTON, BRETT A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $69,456.81 Date 01/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHMITTER, ALBERT J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $68,008.71 Date 11/04/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name IACOVITTI, VINCENT T Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $67,211.04 Date 07/07/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUGAN, MARY K Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $65,874.09 Date 07/01/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIAMBRA, DAVID J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $65,601.81 Date 07/09/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BODIE, JOSHUA S Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $65,054.03 Date 04/09/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PUSATERI, JAMES A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $64,878.82 Date 11/16/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOLAND, HAYLEY A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $64,825.58 Date 11/30/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CONTI, SAMUEL, JR Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $64,700.27 Date 03/26/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLORA, CARL J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $64,199.16 Date 06/18/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WENNER, JOHN F Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $64,171.32 Date 09/14/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DITZLER, JENINE M Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $63,732.74 Date 11/08/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GUMMOE, KAREN M Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $63,057.50 Date 01/08/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AUNGST, WILLIAM J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $62,833.54 Date 03/13/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC NALLIE, KEVIN A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $62,392.68 Date 12/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MATTINA, SALVATORE J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $59,762.83 Date 10/23/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLOETZER, JANINE L Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $59,686.03 Date 11/04/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COTTRELL, KEVIN E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $59,300.82 Date 12/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JANIS, MARGARET M Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $58,686.44 Date 12/06/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WZONTEK, BRIAN P Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $58,417.13 Date 07/19/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEGRZYNOWSKI, JANICE M Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $58,295.63 Date 04/11/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TEJADA, SUSANA L Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $57,041.78 Date 12/03/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILCZEK, MICHAEL E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $56,512.97 Date 07/02/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARRIER, BRIAN A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $56,315.64 Date 04/09/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEYER, ION L Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $56,233.22 Date 07/09/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUARD, FREDERICK E, II Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $55,626.99 Date 06/21/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EMHARDT, MELISSA K Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $55,289.09 Date 09/19/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLAKE, BURTON R, JR Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $55,255.53 Date 09/27/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STICKL, HARALD Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $55,101.62 Date 08/16/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARBIERO, ROBERT E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $54,803.95 Date 10/24/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FEDAK, GREGORY A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $54,619.37 Date 08/10/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOODWORTH, ROGER A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $54,604.92 Date 05/23/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAONESSA, JOSEPH N Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $54,537.62 Date 05/14/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WASIK, DIANE E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $54,447.48 Date 06/07/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONROY, LISA A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $54,235.72 Date 07/07/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAYS, BRADLEY R Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $54,162.46 Date 02/05/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KRAFT, GAIL D Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $53,992.51 Date 08/12/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MONDICH, ANDREA D Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $53,834.81 Date 09/15/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MYERS, FREDERIC C Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $53,732.58 Date 09/04/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TIEDE, ADAM P Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $53,471.36 Date 06/25/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOBIELSKI, MARK Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $53,228.51 Date 08/13/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRIS, DOUGLAS J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $52,038.03 Date 03/18/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSS, TIMOTHY J, JR Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $51,983.76 Date 07/26/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAMPBELL, RENEE F Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $51,955.03 Date 05/12/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PROCTOR, THOMAS J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $51,883.41 Date 10/24/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PREISCH, WILLIAM T Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $51,573.91 Date 05/19/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WHITMER, LARRY J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $51,236.90 Date 04/25/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOTT, JOHN E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $50,784.28 Date 12/01/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WIK, DAVID L Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $50,633.41 Date 03/29/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHAH, SEJAL N Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $50,585.96 Date 05/01/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALSH, BRENDAN C Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $50,495.21 Date 04/27/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DONNER, JULIANA E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $49,604.66 Date 08/24/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CEVAER, EDWARD R Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $49,604.09 Date 07/08/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CLAIN, DEREK Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $49,571.25 Date 09/03/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEE, STEPHEN B Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $49,445.35 Date 05/12/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRUNO, JOSEPH J Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $49,383.15 Date 09/02/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAKER, DONALD E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $49,351.69 Date 06/28/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JESSIE, KENNY E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $49,239.67 Date 11/15/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROESER, DEBRA L Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $48,193.89 Date 08/18/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name METS, JAMES E Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $47,824.90 Date 08/02/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PUTNAM, GREGORY K Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $47,820.52 Date 06/05/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRESTI, LINDSEY A Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $47,727.26 Date 04/04/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIFFORD, JAMES D Employer name Niagara St Pk And Rec Regn Amount $47,658.31 Date 10/22/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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