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 NULTY, KEVIN A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $231,217.13 Date 04/01/1972 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DAVIN, MICHAEL T Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $227,239.39 Date 01/09/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WANAMAKER, THOMAS A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $215,143.42 Date 01/30/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUTTERWORTH, DONALD Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $214,998.38 Date 07/28/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROWN, JAMES E Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $214,998.37 Date 09/09/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RYAN, MICHAEL P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $214,365.50 Date 01/03/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHANNON, MICHAEL F Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $209,044.41 Date 10/01/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, JAMES J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $200,861.24 Date 07/16/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MORAN, JOSEPH J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $199,710.20 Date 01/10/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AYERS, LAWRENCE J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $199,235.08 Date 07/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PURCELL, JOHN P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $195,056.66 Date 01/09/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name O'CONNOR, SEAN J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $194,858.19 Date 09/29/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VEGA, KIRK G Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $192,752.27 Date 01/10/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DRAIN, KEVIN P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $191,587.83 Date 02/28/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOLIHAN, THOMAS M Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $191,385.01 Date 01/11/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHILLER, KERRILYNNE Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $185,834.57 Date 03/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DRAIN, TERRENCE P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $185,526.60 Date 12/08/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RYDER, MATTHEW J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $185,422.08 Date 03/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GIARDIELLO, JOHN Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $184,106.84 Date 06/14/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETERS, BRUCE W Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $183,710.06 Date 05/02/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YANNAZZONE, MICHAEL A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $183,584.70 Date 01/16/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MCNALLY, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $183,487.90 Date 06/30/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RUGGIERO, ROBERT P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $183,299.99 Date 04/28/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RYAN, DANIEL C Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $182,456.58 Date 12/08/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PALAZOLO, ANTHONY J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $181,171.56 Date 07/10/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOVSEPIAN, MARK B Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $179,512.35 Date 12/28/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MELLIN, DAVID J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $179,427.15 Date 02/20/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HUTMACHER, TERENCE J, II Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $178,714.67 Date 07/23/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ACHESON, JAMES E Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $178,148.81 Date 11/02/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TIERNEY, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $177,165.86 Date 01/02/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SEMINELLI, FERNANDO D Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $175,379.75 Date 03/24/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPOELSTRA, JOEL D Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $175,317.62 Date 07/02/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MAHER, PETER W Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $174,592.06 Date 06/30/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WHALEN, NICHOLAS S Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $173,213.43 Date 01/10/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, JOSEPH W Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $172,856.64 Date 01/31/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SILVA, SCOTT A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $172,317.42 Date 04/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FITZGERALD, STEPHEN P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $172,035.70 Date 02/06/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BOYSA, MICHAEL A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $170,671.00 Date 11/02/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MYERS, BRANDON Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $166,667.07 Date 07/01/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOLIHAN, RICHARD J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $164,242.92 Date 02/02/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MATTHEW, VINCENT E, JR Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $163,673.32 Date 02/07/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MADDALENA, DAVID G Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $162,772.73 Date 07/25/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COSTELLO, DANIEL J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $161,932.80 Date 07/14/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUHLER, FRANK W, IV Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $159,296.89 Date 01/18/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC PADDEN, MICHAEL P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $158,990.85 Date 09/05/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VERGINE, ANDREW J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $157,071.31 Date 02/02/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, HAROLD G, II Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $153,099.97 Date 02/24/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DILLON, JAMES M Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $150,270.06 Date 01/07/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COUCH, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $150,166.81 Date 12/14/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAISLEY, GREGORY T Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $149,357.40 Date 10/15/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HURLEY, CHRISTINE A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $146,986.64 Date 07/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STRATTNER, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $146,501.50 Date 01/18/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name YEZARSKY, ROBERT T Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $146,219.44 Date 04/19/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, MATTHEW M Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $144,669.52 Date 07/01/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LIMANDRI, ANTHONY Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $144,613.72 Date 09/25/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC NEILL, TYRONE E Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $144,216.81 Date 09/05/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CONNOLLY, CHRISTOPHER R Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $144,072.86 Date 02/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC GRATH, ROBERT B Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $143,659.31 Date 07/18/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DOMITROVITS, BRIAN A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $143,528.91 Date 07/25/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GONZALEZ, RAFAEL Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $143,237.86 Date 07/11/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name IACOBELLIS, THOMAS A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $138,865.22 Date 11/30/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURRAY, THOMAS J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $138,446.25 Date 07/07/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GOLDFARB, MATTHEW S Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $136,217.12 Date 08/31/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MAKARA, JOHNNY R Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $136,167.26 Date 01/20/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name YANNAZZONE, MICHAEL A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $135,859.87 Date 01/24/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HIGGINS, ARTHUR J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $135,284.73 Date 03/22/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC DOWELL, CONRAD W Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $135,175.39 Date 07/16/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MICHEL, SCOTT T Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $134,385.33 Date 06/30/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DE MEOLA, ANDREW P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $134,086.74 Date 07/01/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DUNN, MARTIN R Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $133,031.57 Date 04/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name O'CONNELL, ERIC G Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $129,333.50 Date 09/15/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROCKWAY, DAVID J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $128,757.50 Date 01/10/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HEWITT, FELICIA M Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $127,921.99 Date 07/01/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EDATTEL, THOMAS G Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $126,673.57 Date 09/18/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BODENSTAB, WILHELM F Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $126,564.27 Date 05/12/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEEBACH, ALLAN F, JR Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $124,615.36 Date 08/28/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOHN, KARL S Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $123,492.31 Date 04/27/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORTON, ARIC T Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $123,384.42 Date 03/31/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOOS, THERESA A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $122,951.82 Date 04/21/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MENDICINO, JOSEPH M Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $122,774.02 Date 09/25/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GERARD, ROBERT S Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $122,054.75 Date 04/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EDWARDS, JOHN Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $120,947.37 Date 06/02/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOHERTY, JAMES P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $120,848.05 Date 07/15/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MUNNO, STEPHEN F Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $120,561.64 Date 01/02/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WARREN, MICHAEL E Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $119,965.93 Date 07/09/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WALTER, MARGARET M Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $117,075.75 Date 03/11/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FITZMAURICE, THOMAS E Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $115,936.99 Date 05/13/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAYLOR, MICHAEL L Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $115,381.76 Date 12/15/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ANTONUTTI, LAURO F Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $114,438.40 Date 05/09/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCACCIA, JAMES P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $114,018.77 Date 04/30/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOPEZ, AMAURY R Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $113,915.12 Date 08/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SERAFIN, KAREN M Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $113,319.02 Date 11/28/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUMMINGS, VERONICA A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $112,316.79 Date 12/29/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OSULLIVAN, MICHAEL P Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $111,654.16 Date 04/01/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHMIDT, KENNETH W Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $111,392.56 Date 09/12/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BENCIK, JEFFREY W Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $111,375.64 Date 10/02/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOHNSTON, MATTHEW J Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $111,082.46 Date 06/16/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEIM, JOHN A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $110,824.41 Date 09/07/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COOPERSMITH, CHERYL A Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $109,961.95 Date 02/18/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEWART, ANDREW Y Employer name Town of Orangetown Amount $109,868.55 Date 01/02/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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