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 REXFORD, JAMES L Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $136,523.33 Date 01/20/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HELLIGRASS, ROBERT J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $122,662.12 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HUGHES, BRIAN A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $121,255.87 Date 07/16/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CORSI, LOUIS G Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $121,249.94 Date 06/26/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COCCHIARA, GINA F Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $120,207.25 Date 09/12/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DAMMEYER, JEFFREY A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $119,086.93 Date 05/14/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MULLER, FRANCIS R Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $117,177.56 Date 12/29/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HEFFERNAN, THOMAS M, JR Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $116,569.71 Date 01/04/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COHEN, MICHAEL E Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $116,202.44 Date 04/29/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KANSAS, GEORGE S Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $116,200.51 Date 05/11/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FERRARO, CHAD A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $114,340.60 Date 08/21/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RICE, CHAD A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $112,767.29 Date 07/22/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KRAZ, STEPHEN M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $112,238.99 Date 12/19/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RESNICK, PETER Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $112,022.76 Date 03/08/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HORNICK, ADAM N Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $111,753.56 Date 11/29/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COBB, ADAM H Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $110,682.85 Date 04/23/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FIORE, RICO Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $106,659.09 Date 03/29/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHUNK, CHRISTOPHER Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $106,177.46 Date 07/24/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TREMBLAY-GLASSMAN, MARY H Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $102,901.58 Date 06/23/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PENMAN, PAUL M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $101,201.46 Date 05/23/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALOUGH, SCOTT P Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $100,798.76 Date 07/16/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WHITELEY, MICHAEL S Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $100,540.78 Date 09/06/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name YOUNG, GERALD N Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $100,017.02 Date 09/10/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RADLIFF, CHARLES H Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $99,926.59 Date 08/30/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BERBEN, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $98,782.24 Date 01/12/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CUNNINGHAM, JEAN M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $98,198.50 Date 06/16/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAGENDORPH, GREGG A, JR Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $98,166.71 Date 05/27/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BECK, KENNETH G, JR Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $97,961.12 Date 03/09/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CROSS, JAMES E Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $97,710.11 Date 08/13/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MEREDITH, BRENT R Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $97,572.32 Date 01/01/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LESLIE, ROBERT F Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $96,688.33 Date 05/11/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AUSTIN, WILLIAM D Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $96,669.94 Date 01/06/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CORRIGAN, JAMES E Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $94,794.92 Date 12/27/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAYWARD, RICHARD A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $94,417.66 Date 06/27/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HYER, HOWARD E Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $93,456.14 Date 11/09/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALLAGHER, JEFFREY M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $92,410.23 Date 07/20/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAPUTO, DAVID T Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $90,020.74 Date 11/20/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LANAHAN, NAN F Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $89,798.49 Date 03/07/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BALDWIN, ROBERT C, JR Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $89,717.55 Date 12/27/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAMPS, JAIME D Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $87,466.01 Date 03/21/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARITEAU, FRANCIS J, JR Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $87,321.61 Date 04/30/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COZZY, MICHAEL A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $85,769.92 Date 01/18/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHMIDT, PETER W Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $85,621.47 Date 05/02/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALEXANDER, SUSAN F Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $84,340.29 Date 07/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRAVIS, TIMOTHY C Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $84,213.23 Date 10/31/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MENIA, KEITH J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $84,020.88 Date 01/01/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SLEURS, LEE R Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $83,614.81 Date 09/26/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAHAN, BRYAN P Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $83,410.15 Date 04/18/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TRAVIS, GEORGE W Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $83,298.00 Date 09/01/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BORGER, WILLIAM P Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $82,619.07 Date 05/09/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FABE, MICHAEL G Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $82,334.78 Date 08/29/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name IRVING, RICHARD L Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $81,968.23 Date 12/04/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARBINGER, JUSTIN R Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $81,339.84 Date 03/10/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VANAMBURGH, RYAN W Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $80,507.21 Date 04/16/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HARWOOD, DAVID J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $79,092.37 Date 09/22/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BULLIS, CHARLES Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $77,921.53 Date 02/18/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORMAN, MARK D, SR Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $77,375.42 Date 01/20/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BURNS, ROBERT K Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $76,799.17 Date 07/31/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARSH, THOMAS M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $76,501.53 Date 01/21/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POWELL, MELISSA J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $75,874.65 Date 07/24/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RITZ, TERRENCE W Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $75,658.74 Date 09/16/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DRAGON, BRENT W Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $74,987.40 Date 01/11/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOLE, MICHAEL M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $73,937.72 Date 07/23/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAMBERTSEN, LAURIE J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $73,764.09 Date 01/31/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPINNATO, KRISTEN N Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $71,731.44 Date 11/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SLEURS, BRIAN J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $71,330.17 Date 05/19/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TICE, BRIANA M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $70,725.63 Date 05/17/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANDERS, JANE R Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $70,693.78 Date 09/17/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALSH, MICHAEL P Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $70,525.57 Date 07/18/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SEWARD, TIMOTHY T Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $69,943.63 Date 02/27/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUETHER, SHARON E Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $69,824.37 Date 04/05/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KING, MONIKA A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $69,803.70 Date 06/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MYERS, SCOTT A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $69,723.88 Date 05/18/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETERS, JENNIFER E Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $69,547.27 Date 07/17/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLARD, JARED L Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $69,544.81 Date 01/29/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEWBURG, LOUIS J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $69,118.51 Date 05/21/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARNOLD, KATHERINE G Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $69,013.26 Date 05/29/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SLEURS, CRAIG M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $68,975.04 Date 08/03/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DRAGON, BRIAN Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $68,426.01 Date 10/27/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOOD, E TIMOTHY Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $67,551.23 Date 05/07/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAULFUSS, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $67,474.34 Date 06/01/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MICHANIW, JOSEPH M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $67,137.30 Date 03/18/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREEN, RICHARD J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $67,086.41 Date 01/09/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALLO, JASON C Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $66,504.89 Date 02/07/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STAUBACH, ELIZABETH O Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $66,449.70 Date 01/01/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TURNER, SCOTT A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $66,237.24 Date 01/08/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name D'AMBROSIO, MICHAEL A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $66,186.67 Date 07/25/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARTINEZ, CESAR L Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $65,880.93 Date 05/18/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name POTTER, JAMES T Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $65,275.00 Date 01/01/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAMBERTSEN, PETER S Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $65,088.02 Date 07/30/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PAIGO, JENNIFER M Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $64,803.37 Date 09/20/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAIS, ERIC Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $64,653.39 Date 12/09/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VOGEL, JOHN J Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $64,614.07 Date 06/26/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLANCHARD, JEFFREY G Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $64,028.51 Date 04/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY P Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $63,753.52 Date 07/09/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOOMHOWER, TRACY A Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $63,382.00 Date 06/25/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLENIS, DAVID G Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $63,275.41 Date 04/20/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOVALCHIK, KENNETH Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $62,880.59 Date 04/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LINDSKOOG, ARTHUR H Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $62,804.86 Date 09/22/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SKULTETY, STEVEN C Employer name Town of Bethlehem Amount $62,694.87 Date 05/06/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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