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 ZACK, DAVID J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $139,361.40 Date 01/16/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ORZECHOWSKI, MARK D Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $129,725.81 Date 10/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SLIWINSKI, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $128,304.87 Date 09/03/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SPEYER, JAMES J, JR Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $127,943.00 Date 12/20/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ISBRANDT, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $124,814.33 Date 08/10/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name REEB, JAMES M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $121,342.45 Date 05/02/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RUSIN, KENNETH E Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $120,241.93 Date 08/20/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAUER, LAWRENCE R Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $118,935.03 Date 02/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PILAT, SCOTT E Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $117,907.13 Date 05/29/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOCKWATER, MICHAEL K Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $115,978.34 Date 08/10/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GOULD, BRIAN J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $115,449.21 Date 05/29/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HEISLER, JEFFREY A Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $112,574.46 Date 10/02/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROLL, FREDERICK D Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $112,399.66 Date 07/27/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRELL, SCOTT C Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $112,362.36 Date 09/03/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BERECZ, STEVEN E Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $111,428.17 Date 01/16/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHRISTEL, MARK J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $111,239.57 Date 04/24/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WENTLAND, THOMAS S Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $111,202.12 Date 01/16/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BOBECK, RAYMOND D Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $111,048.27 Date 05/30/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHMITT, KEVIN M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $110,623.47 Date 09/03/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GERACE, THOMAS P, III Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $110,065.58 Date 07/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHLUDZINSKI, PATRICK J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $109,714.43 Date 02/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WANAT, JOHN J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $109,707.01 Date 12/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DE VINCENTIS, EMIL F Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $109,545.08 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DOSKOCZ, JOHN M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $108,903.76 Date 08/30/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NEWMAN, CHRISTINA N Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $108,523.39 Date 07/23/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ZIMNIEWICZ, VALENTINE T, JR Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $107,975.68 Date 09/03/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRZYBYLAK, THOMAS L Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $107,827.63 Date 05/20/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CREAN, JOSEPH P Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $107,549.99 Date 04/17/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BZIBZIAK, BRIAN M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $107,243.88 Date 05/08/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LASKOWSKI, ROBERT J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $106,977.45 Date 09/03/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FILIPSKI, ANTHONY M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $106,689.94 Date 08/26/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GRIFFIN, TERENCE J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $106,217.78 Date 08/30/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SPIELER, KURT F Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $106,105.56 Date 02/14/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STEVENS, DAVID M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $105,764.19 Date 03/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WACHOWIAK, CHRISTIAN S Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $105,075.51 Date 07/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHOJNACKI, CHRISTOPHER P Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $104,680.88 Date 07/24/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHERER, TIMOTHY E Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $104,619.61 Date 04/17/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MURCIN, RONALD D Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $104,359.61 Date 02/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NAZZARETT, ANTHONY J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $104,355.06 Date 08/03/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CADWALLADER, DANA J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $103,842.56 Date 07/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAUMAN, JOSEPH D Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $102,627.66 Date 02/07/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COONS, BRIAN F Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $101,091.99 Date 07/23/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BASHAW, JOSEPH A Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $101,037.46 Date 09/03/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ARNOLD, MATTHEW J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,874.63 Date 08/03/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC DONOUGH, MICHAEL P Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,868.34 Date 04/01/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SLAWATYCKI, GARRETT R Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,771.36 Date 01/14/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JAROSZEWSKI, JOHN J, JR Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,620.14 Date 09/09/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCAPILLATO, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,407.10 Date 10/29/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROSZCZYK, PERRY G Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,340.29 Date 07/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HARTE, CALEB J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,244.70 Date 01/17/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SZYMANSKI, TIMOTHY R Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,118.59 Date 03/10/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PATTERSON, JAMES T Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,099.49 Date 07/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STROZYK, DONALD P Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $100,013.61 Date 05/24/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROTTGER, JAMES E Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $99,964.96 Date 04/11/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FIAL, JEFFREY T Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $99,929.36 Date 01/18/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SKONECKI, JOHN M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $99,620.11 Date 07/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GENSON, JAMES J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $99,364.44 Date 01/16/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ALBRECHT, DANIEL J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $99,142.95 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TURNBULL, TIMOTHY A Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $98,876.43 Date 07/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MUELLER, JOHN L Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $98,791.63 Date 11/14/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KRAUSE, BRIAN M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $98,657.68 Date 07/10/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PILAT, MICHAEL H Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $98,549.11 Date 09/03/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHMIDT, JEFFREY M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $98,274.25 Date 08/03/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ALLEN, THOMAS C Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $98,023.83 Date 01/27/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WIERZBOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER T Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $98,000.80 Date 01/13/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BLACKCHIEF, TROY D Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $97,751.87 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MOSSMAN, DAVID M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $97,714.35 Date 09/03/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KOWAL, SCOTT A Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $97,483.09 Date 06/21/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BESSING, MARK C Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $97,103.81 Date 07/23/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NICHY, JON W Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $97,039.72 Date 11/19/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROGERS, THOMAS F Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $97,014.40 Date 07/27/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEISING, SCOTT E Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $96,923.16 Date 01/23/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOCKWATER, PAUL F Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $96,526.15 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KUSAK, DENNIS S, JR Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $96,413.57 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FRANK, NATHAN L Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $96,356.27 Date 01/25/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STROUD, JOSEPH G Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $96,201.57 Date 07/29/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MAGNUSZEWSKI, GREGORY S Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $95,682.45 Date 02/26/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLACKCHIEF, JUSTIN M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $95,676.16 Date 08/02/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CURTIS, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $95,482.42 Date 01/03/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROSKA, ERIC C Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $95,414.52 Date 07/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC ADAMS, SHAWN J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $95,159.56 Date 07/31/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JONES, JOHN T, JR Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $93,232.32 Date 08/03/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DIXON, DOUG J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $93,132.88 Date 08/19/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WESOLOSKI, BRIAN D Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $93,124.75 Date 01/26/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FILIPSKI, JEFFREY M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,922.88 Date 08/02/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NAZZARETT, PAUL A, JR Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,889.66 Date 07/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GAWRONSKI, JACOB E Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,827.92 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ARRICALE, LOUIS J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,749.75 Date 07/05/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARCHESE, KAREN R Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,699.15 Date 04/16/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MATUSIAK, KEVIN K Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,510.77 Date 01/16/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DORSEY, WILLIAM M Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,487.48 Date 01/25/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GEELAN, CHRISTOPHER S Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,210.94 Date 07/31/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HAAG, JUSTIN L W Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,101.80 Date 07/31/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FATTA, MARK P Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $92,041.97 Date 04/24/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEWANDOWSKI, ANTHONY S Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $91,745.89 Date 06/23/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STRIEJEWSKE, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $91,713.94 Date 01/24/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BOLOGNESE, LISA-MARIE Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $91,423.36 Date 07/27/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAY, BRIAN R Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $91,372.30 Date 02/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCAGLIONE, JEFFREY W Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $91,212.21 Date 01/14/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CORCORAN, ERIC C Employer name Town of Cheektowaga Amount $90,069.57 Date 08/02/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System

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