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 ASKEY, JOHN C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $167,145.38 Date 05/20/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MCKENNA, PATRICK M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $156,148.19 Date 10/07/1974 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COHEN, CHARLES C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $149,546.55 Date 03/04/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHAMBERLIN, SCOTT P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $143,577.11 Date 08/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC GONAGLE, STEPHEN J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $142,710.07 Date 01/30/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $141,645.38 Date 07/26/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILLER, BRIAN G Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $136,771.62 Date 01/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CANNA, AUGUST J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $135,791.75 Date 07/26/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GUZDEK, EDWARD W, JR Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $135,452.15 Date 02/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DI NOTO, JOANN Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $134,213.53 Date 07/29/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROWN, KEVIN C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $133,995.82 Date 07/29/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MAIER, THOMAS J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $133,758.36 Date 05/10/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ONIONS, CATHERINE M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $133,300.00 Date 02/28/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COTTRELL, ROBERT T Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $133,297.35 Date 11/02/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CARROLL, DARLENE A Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $133,111.06 Date 06/03/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAMILLERI, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $132,711.29 Date 07/20/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MARIA, KEVIN P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $130,237.02 Date 08/27/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MARRANO, DAVID C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $129,954.30 Date 11/20/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC COLLUM, DANIEL J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $129,703.03 Date 12/21/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name THIELMAN, THOMAS R Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $129,554.28 Date 07/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC NAMARA, JAMES A Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $128,971.38 Date 12/06/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MURPHY, KEVIN A Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $128,035.77 Date 08/09/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MANZELLA, ANTONIO L Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $127,743.25 Date 06/28/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RATZEL, THOMAS C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $127,571.21 Date 08/25/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROWN, THOMAS M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $126,824.39 Date 01/24/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC FAYDEN, KARI A Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $126,061.72 Date 07/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAILEY, EDWIN C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $125,422.74 Date 03/15/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TRABERT, JOHN E Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $124,819.78 Date 07/29/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WESTBROOK, THOMAS P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $124,791.75 Date 08/03/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OLESKO, JOHN F Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $124,759.16 Date 05/05/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PERSONS, CHARLES F Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $123,816.17 Date 01/24/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SOLAK, EDWARD G Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $123,305.31 Date 02/03/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MAYER, PATRICK J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $123,189.51 Date 09/08/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAUERS, GREGORY T Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $122,770.49 Date 07/29/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SLIWA, MICHAEL D Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $122,402.09 Date 09/02/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAPUTI, JAMES R Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $121,947.85 Date 07/20/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STEPHENS, ROBERT W, JR Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $121,459.26 Date 01/31/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DAVIS, ERIC J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $121,426.79 Date 07/20/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOMBERGER, TODD W Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $121,393.19 Date 02/06/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHARLESON, SEAN F Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $121,309.68 Date 07/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SMITH, RONALD M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $121,170.71 Date 08/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ANDRZEJEWSKI, BRIAN P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $121,152.75 Date 01/13/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LARWOOD, STEVEN M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $120,500.26 Date 08/06/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GILLERT, ERIC W Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $119,573.64 Date 03/08/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MCCARTHY, ROBERT P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $119,507.68 Date 08/14/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FIORE, JOHN F Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $119,347.37 Date 02/27/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name QUINLAN, DANIEL M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $119,152.29 Date 07/28/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARILLARI, THOMAS M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $119,040.38 Date 07/29/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JACKSON, JAMES D Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $118,990.94 Date 01/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KLEIN, JONATHAN P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $118,846.61 Date 07/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DINOTO, THEODORE C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $118,826.71 Date 07/08/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CROFUT, PETER J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $118,675.31 Date 01/25/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FISCHER, CARL O, JR Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $118,452.26 Date 02/26/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WALSH, BRIAN M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $118,298.97 Date 08/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LAWIDA, SCOTT A Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $117,474.15 Date 08/15/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MANN, BRUCE A Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $117,266.79 Date 08/27/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUND, GREGORY B Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $116,938.15 Date 07/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROTELLA, JOSEPH L Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $116,503.10 Date 01/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name QUIGLEY, JAMES M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $116,419.97 Date 06/01/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JULICHER, WILLIAM A, JR Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $116,415.80 Date 01/23/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LUBICK, DANIEL L Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $116,408.62 Date 08/27/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JULICHER, CHERYL L Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $116,297.01 Date 01/22/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HULLER, GREGG R Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $116,200.82 Date 07/30/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROSE, MICHAEL P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $116,181.68 Date 08/03/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PITIRRI, MARK P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $115,421.58 Date 10/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DOANE, JAMES B Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $115,041.15 Date 07/26/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GOULD, MATTHEW T Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $115,017.69 Date 08/03/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WALSH, TERRENCE P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $114,911.40 Date 01/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GILBERT, JEFFREY C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $114,679.39 Date 07/20/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name AWALD, DAVID C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $114,579.37 Date 07/26/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MARTIN, TRACY S Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $114,244.13 Date 07/20/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHARA, TIMOTHY P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $113,770.00 Date 01/14/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DOLDAN, MARK J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $113,271.20 Date 01/12/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHINANA, JULIAN R Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $112,823.35 Date 07/28/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PERSONS, JAMES C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $112,620.44 Date 07/26/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KERN, BRIAN E Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $112,425.14 Date 01/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEISING, HERBERT B, JR Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $112,158.21 Date 08/03/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MEYER, CHRISTOPHER T Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $111,866.65 Date 08/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GRILLO, THOMAS J, JR Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $111,679.40 Date 07/23/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KLEIN, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $111,431.08 Date 01/14/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOFFMAN, MICHAEL S Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $111,332.90 Date 10/21/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BECHTEL, MARK D Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $110,850.67 Date 11/04/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HALL, JONATHAN B Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $110,343.78 Date 07/29/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CLOEN, WILLIAM R Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $110,241.32 Date 07/29/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WALTER, RICHARD D Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $110,205.83 Date 08/01/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHAVER, SEAN D Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $110,188.61 Date 05/13/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCIOLI, NICHOLAS M Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $109,440.91 Date 07/22/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC GARVEY, JOHN J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $109,327.79 Date 07/23/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EDWARDS, ANDREW J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $108,829.52 Date 07/26/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SLIWA, STANLEY J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $108,729.81 Date 04/13/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOLT, MATTHEW C Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $108,263.97 Date 01/10/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ARNOLD, GRAZYNA Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $108,182.26 Date 01/10/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LE FEVRE, KYLE G Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $107,504.27 Date 08/01/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WIK, DAVID J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $107,371.10 Date 07/20/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SOLAK, DAVID J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $107,324.84 Date 08/06/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ATTEA, RANDY G Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $107,062.74 Date 07/28/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WILLER, DAVID J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $107,000.50 Date 05/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TROTTER, GREGORY J Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $106,770.16 Date 07/20/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FARSZMIL, NEIL R Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $106,659.65 Date 07/28/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILLER, JOHN P Employer name Town of Amherst Amount $106,168.23 Date 07/22/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System

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