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 MC MASTER, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $181,975.14 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PAYNE, JOHN K | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $174,255.41 | Date 08/04/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PACHOLEC, MARK F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $163,659.40 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WEHRFRITZ, EUGENE J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $148,379.80 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SCHIEDEL, JASON M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $144,213.63 | Date 08/23/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RAY, JOSEPH C | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $140,383.42 | Date 07/29/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name FITZGERALD, PATRICK M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $135,642.47 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $119,850.65 | Date 07/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BIELER, WAYNE L | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $116,473.10 | Date 06/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GOVENETTIO, LEONARD F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $111,590.37 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name GEHRING, BRIAN D | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $110,827.50 | Date 08/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BOWERSOX, DAVID P, JR | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $109,459.16 | Date 08/05/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MC LAUGHLIN, PATRICK M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $106,720.91 | Date 03/29/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRADSHAW, MILTON S | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $103,604.25 | Date 05/26/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIANO, THOMAS J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $102,392.57 | Date 08/03/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name KADI, JOSEPH S | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $100,046.55 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name CULLEN, JOSEPH M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $99,154.89 | Date 08/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LUKOWSKI, BRIAN J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $98,723.84 | Date 01/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name BRAND, LARRY J, JR | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $96,102.24 | Date 12/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MATTHEWS, ERNEST S | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $94,581.60 | Date 01/13/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAGODA, DANIEL A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $93,298.46 | Date 08/04/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PIASECKI, FREDERICK J, JR | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $93,109.00 | Date 05/23/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARIANO, JOHN M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $92,646.14 | Date 06/29/1981 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SHEPPARD, GREGORY R | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $92,300.64 | Date 07/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, JAMES P | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $90,143.60 | Date 10/01/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name HONER, DANIEL J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $89,007.10 | Date 07/30/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MAZUR, KRISTEN A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $87,103.71 | Date 03/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, ROBERT A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $85,335.63 | Date 07/30/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MACKEY, MICHAEL S | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $84,350.84 | Date 08/18/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name MRUGALSKI, RICHARD J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $83,995.13 | Date 08/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SLOTMAN, ANDREW J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $83,486.39 | Date 12/10/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAZUR, JAMES M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $82,097.23 | Date 12/18/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name LEAK, EDWARD J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $82,001.90 | Date 07/06/1972 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAREY, MICHAEL P | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $80,634.88 | Date 02/27/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CIRBUS, ROBERT W | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $80,258.45 | Date 01/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name RIZZO, JOSEPH C | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $80,038.23 | Date 07/17/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name DELIA, MICHAEL J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $79,979.46 | Date 09/17/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEEM, PATRICK J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $79,714.00 | Date 01/01/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JEFFREY C | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $79,120.74 | Date 09/30/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAZARZ, WENDY K | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $79,043.80 | Date 08/17/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name PARTRIDGE, KENNETH W | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $78,387.69 | Date 01/29/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSTRANDER, THOMAS A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $78,279.59 | Date 04/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEIST, ANDREW F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $73,690.70 | Date 11/17/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLLAND, DAVID G | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $71,449.10 | Date 10/21/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAGILL, DAVID | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $71,188.97 | Date 05/10/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CONLEY, DAVID T | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $70,755.43 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FULTON, BILL E | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $70,736.10 | Date 05/20/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, DEAN R | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $70,263.53 | Date 09/08/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWEET, DANIEL R | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $69,691.34 | Date 05/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELLINGTON, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $69,223.26 | Date 06/01/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BILLI, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $68,964.18 | Date 10/22/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENES, DAVID F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $68,861.22 | Date 05/19/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILSON, CRAIG A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $68,330.39 | Date 10/22/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GEE, MICHAEL A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $67,182.83 | Date 05/30/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEITTER, RANDY F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $67,013.04 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DONALD L, JR | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $66,835.06 | Date 10/24/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, NICHOLAS P | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $65,871.83 | Date 05/21/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBEL, DONALD J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $65,821.80 | Date 08/17/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NICOLOFF, DANIEL P | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $64,768.76 | Date 04/29/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTTLE, PAUL W | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $64,516.85 | Date 06/28/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, WILLIAM S | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $64,147.08 | Date 05/15/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOCKER, LESLIE L | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $63,978.36 | Date 05/31/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAAS, DENNIS W | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $63,812.67 | Date 09/20/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLESY, JOHN S | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $63,594.95 | Date 05/15/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEITTER, RONALD N | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $63,248.26 | Date 06/16/1980 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARINO, ALBERT J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $62,656.65 | Date 01/31/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COON, KENNETH A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $62,450.35 | Date 04/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KELLERMAN, JORDAN J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $62,111.83 | Date 07/07/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUTTLE, MARK W | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $61,966.27 | Date 04/30/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROWN, MARK R | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $61,875.41 | Date 06/01/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WEISER, DOUGLAS | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $61,703.61 | Date 05/14/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WOOLIVER, RYAN P | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $59,767.87 | Date 07/31/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BENNING, ROBERT F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $58,898.11 | Date 06/07/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, JOHN C | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $58,139.00 | Date 10/15/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC GRAW, MARSHALL P | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $58,114.46 | Date 01/18/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name WARMINGTON, CHRISTINA M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $56,358.56 | Date 09/27/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JOLLS, THOMAS D | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $56,192.17 | Date 04/19/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDOLINA, LOUIS J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $53,237.64 | Date 02/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KENLON, NANCY A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $52,368.08 | Date 03/23/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WELCH, KRISTIN M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $52,127.56 | Date 06/08/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINOR, THOMAS M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $51,371.23 | Date 01/02/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WERNER, STANLEY O | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $50,613.72 | Date 10/22/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARBRICK, KATHLEEN A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $50,501.41 | Date 03/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAVELLE, BRIGID A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $50,490.23 | Date 01/02/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PERRAM, MARY E | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $49,487.01 | Date 07/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GALLACHER, BLAKE D | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $49,482.35 | Date 10/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DOMBROWSKI, JOSEPH D | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $48,857.22 | Date 07/28/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCHNORR, DANIEL L | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $48,407.31 | Date 11/10/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHIRICO, THEODORE J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $48,104.55 | Date 05/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSINA, ROSEMARY M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $47,811.74 | Date 07/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUCZKOWSKI, ROBERTA L | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $47,800.65 | Date 04/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STACHEWICZ, ROBERT E | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $47,759.35 | Date 06/09/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KEANE, LYNN M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $46,767.00 | Date 02/15/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PACE, EDWARD A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $46,767.00 | Date 08/10/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONDLE, CYNTHIA A | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $46,746.60 | Date 12/12/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JEWETT, KEVIN M | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $46,624.45 | Date 08/26/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WITTMANN, JOHN F | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $46,024.42 | Date 09/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITZPATRICK, CONNIE L | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $43,392.00 | Date 04/27/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MYERS, RYAN J | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $43,325.62 | Date 03/29/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System |
| Name O'DONNELL, CATHERINE C | Employer name Town of Orchard Park | Amount $43,197.76 | Date 04/27/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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