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 PORSCH, BARRY L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $177,717.22 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ARONSON, ROBERT J | Employer name Seneca County Ida | Amount $122,058.30 | Date 08/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHILLACI, CHARLES L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $99,871.74 | Date 11/21/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, JOHN T | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $97,612.48 | Date 01/04/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FISHER, FRANK R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $97,480.48 | Date 02/20/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCIOTTI, NICHOLAS A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $90,023.52 | Date 03/05/1984 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GATES, ROY E | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $85,176.04 | Date 01/14/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWINEHART, VICKIE J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $84,507.38 | Date 05/11/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MULHERON, THOMAS J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $82,944.56 | Date 07/16/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SINKIEWICZ, MARK S | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $81,136.68 | Date 02/27/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYRKO, DIETER W | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $80,823.72 | Date 09/07/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DICKENSON, DOUGLAS A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $79,591.48 | Date 04/10/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RHINEHART, MICHAEL D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $79,293.80 | Date 05/18/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHELL, MICHAEL W | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $79,153.58 | Date 06/02/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J, JR | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $77,307.04 | Date 07/06/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DWELLO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $76,298.60 | Date 10/24/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOWLER, JOHN R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $76,134.73 | Date 09/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MIRRAS, MICHAEL J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $74,232.32 | Date 09/20/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOOPMAN, AMY L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $73,106.99 | Date 07/25/1983 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name VERKEY, MATTHEW A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $73,052.74 | Date 05/15/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLEERE, JOHN P | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $72,254.06 | Date 12/08/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, RICHARD B | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $72,097.02 | Date 10/16/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REARDON, ANGELA M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $71,374.44 | Date 10/07/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SAWALL, MARY J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $71,276.72 | Date 01/12/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONSTABLE, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $70,344.15 | Date 06/02/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TERRY, DAVID E, JR | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $69,724.40 | Date 05/03/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRESSING, DANIEL J, JR | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $68,815.68 | Date 12/04/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORDEAU, WILFRED T | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $68,524.40 | Date 01/01/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORABITO, DAVID R, JR | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $68,524.40 | Date 07/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BORLAND, DONALD N | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $67,357.17 | Date 08/12/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PETER, MEGAN P | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $67,260.16 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, JAMES R, III | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $66,736.88 | Date 08/08/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TAYLOR, MELISSA L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $66,252.26 | Date 04/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONKEY, JAMES F | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $65,838.28 | Date 07/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LANPHEAR, JASON L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $65,717.09 | Date 08/17/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FELICE, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $65,708.90 | Date 07/08/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACOBSEN, DANIEL B | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $65,701.21 | Date 06/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, ROBERT W, JR | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $65,165.11 | Date 08/29/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOTZ, CHRISTINA L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $64,494.90 | Date 09/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ELDREDGE, FRANK H | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $64,467.65 | Date 03/26/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LASKOSKI, KAITLYN M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $64,457.82 | Date 06/01/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMMOND, SUSAN | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $64,404.56 | Date 11/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DINAN, ROBERT E | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $64,378.70 | Date 01/31/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTHOUT, CYNTHIA L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $63,602.10 | Date 12/21/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOODMAN, KIPP M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $63,513.10 | Date 08/03/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEFE, GREGORY T | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $63,388.13 | Date 12/02/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BESLEY, KEVIN C | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $63,228.09 | Date 06/30/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ORLOPP, TAMMY L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $63,206.30 | Date 12/15/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRISCOLL, BRIAN D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $63,151.58 | Date 11/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONNORS, LORELEI L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,924.01 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STROHM, MICHAEL P | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,653.71 | Date 12/23/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, DAVID P | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,512.64 | Date 09/10/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WARD, ROGER O | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,452.20 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, PETER M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,402.10 | Date 07/20/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CORONA, KATHY JO A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,402.10 | Date 01/14/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, WILLIAM J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,402.10 | Date 06/15/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PODUFALSKI, STANLEY | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,353.74 | Date 01/12/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KIERST, JOSH T | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $62,097.05 | Date 07/22/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NESBIT, JOHN G, II | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $61,953.44 | Date 08/07/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLON, MATTHEW D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $61,862.02 | Date 01/19/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NABINGER, JOHN J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $61,862.02 | Date 01/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICCI, STEPHEN R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $61,862.02 | Date 11/29/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ALTEMARI, JAMES J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $61,778.35 | Date 09/22/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFER, JOHN E | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $61,588.84 | Date 05/29/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, MARYJO D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $61,252.20 | Date 01/26/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, JO ANN M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $61,135.32 | Date 08/19/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALSEY, JOHN S | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $60,957.57 | Date 08/12/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JUDSON, STEPHANIE A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $60,514.06 | Date 03/31/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID E | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $60,450.40 | Date 11/18/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEFFERON, MICHAEL D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $60,357.97 | Date 02/19/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEE, ADAM F | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $60,235.73 | Date 06/21/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOLES, THOMAS E | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $59,618.63 | Date 11/27/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GARLICK, THOMAS S | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $59,393.63 | Date 03/19/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CANN, BRYAN B | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $59,303.01 | Date 03/04/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, LUCILLE J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $59,167.16 | Date 10/17/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHEELER, SUSAN M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $58,976.28 | Date 09/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARQUART, MELINDA A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $58,949.72 | Date 08/12/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MADZIARZ, MICHAEL H | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $58,761.84 | Date 09/29/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAJOR, MAE M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $58,351.46 | Date 01/17/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYNES, HARRIET A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $58,005.90 | Date 09/29/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAJDAS, BRADLEY A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $57,694.18 | Date 04/28/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWART, EDWARD H | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $57,683.82 | Date 04/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHIRTLEY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $57,576.22 | Date 05/16/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC CHEYNE, SCOTT R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $57,229.33 | Date 01/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KANE, STEVEN L | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $56,909.47 | Date 04/20/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC CULLOCH, DONALD A, JR | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $56,855.58 | Date 08/02/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name O'NEILL, TIMOTHY C | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $56,789.17 | Date 10/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COOLEY, TINA M | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $56,546.30 | Date 08/12/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BOGART, DEBRA D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $56,302.08 | Date 04/30/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEBB, STEPHEN R | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $56,260.37 | Date 04/11/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA VIGNE, SCOTT S | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $56,045.43 | Date 09/24/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEUER, JEFFREY D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $56,025.39 | Date 08/20/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BARTO, ROSE MARY | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $55,970.76 | Date 03/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREESE, JOHN E | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $55,863.49 | Date 09/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STUCK, ROBERT K | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $55,792.26 | Date 11/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEONARD, MICHELE C | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $55,640.81 | Date 07/26/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEO, BRADY C | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $55,359.14 | Date 12/15/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STINSON, STEVEN A | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $55,185.78 | Date 04/05/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARON, ANDRE D | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $54,888.95 | Date 07/14/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLEMAN, WENDY S | Employer name Seneca County | Amount $54,746.22 | Date 06/17/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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