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 MC NAMARA, FRANCIS R Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $133,520.67 Date 09/13/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name USCHOLD, JEROME C, III Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $128,669.37 Date 02/01/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAUMGARTNER, DAVID W Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $127,620.67 Date 08/10/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAROSI, JOSEPH F Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $126,601.58 Date 01/25/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WARING, TIMOTHY P Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $123,902.31 Date 01/25/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STAUFFIGER, JAMES P Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $120,873.71 Date 11/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILBRAND, MICHAEL P Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $120,828.82 Date 02/04/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHOEMAKER, MARK E Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $120,390.38 Date 01/24/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HAUG, JESSE M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $120,177.77 Date 07/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MURPHY, DANIEL W, JR Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $119,164.74 Date 01/26/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SPRAGUE, SCOTT T Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $117,791.35 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MOLINE, BRIAN D Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $116,555.22 Date 01/26/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCOTT, JONATHAN W Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $116,067.23 Date 01/25/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COSTELLO, BRENT G Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $115,807.62 Date 01/28/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PRICE, DAVID Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $115,567.95 Date 01/27/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KRIER, WILLIAM H Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $114,615.16 Date 01/28/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FENNELL, JOSEPH S Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $111,325.41 Date 01/28/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SALONIKIS, NIKOLAOS A Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $110,838.35 Date 01/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HARK, TIMOTHY J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $110,834.22 Date 10/21/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCOTT, DEREK M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $110,639.78 Date 01/23/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HAYNES, THOMAS Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $110,321.00 Date 07/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KNIGHT, THOMAS R Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $109,959.86 Date 05/15/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHMIDT, ERIC M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $109,164.87 Date 01/24/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FLATAU, COREY J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $108,522.75 Date 08/07/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MOORE, THOMAS J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $108,187.14 Date 07/23/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SWEENEY, KEVIN P Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $108,150.21 Date 01/05/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name REINHART, GARY Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $107,978.38 Date 07/23/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PALMIERI, JOSEPH M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $107,573.73 Date 02/18/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CARD, CHARLES E, JR Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $107,131.73 Date 10/16/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EHLERS, JEFFREY P Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $107,045.13 Date 09/13/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BADO, NICHOLAS A Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $106,951.59 Date 01/30/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAMPANELLA, JEFFREY T Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $106,201.97 Date 08/10/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DIEHL, THOMAS J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $105,464.99 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CONNOLLY, TIMOTHY M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $105,258.09 Date 01/28/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ROWLAND, JOHN K Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $103,216.93 Date 08/31/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PATERNOSTRO, RUSSELL J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $102,731.91 Date 01/25/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KESSLER, MICHAEL E Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $102,667.09 Date 08/03/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARELLO, RAYMOND G Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $102,603.60 Date 01/31/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name OSWALD, THOMAS J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $101,928.85 Date 01/31/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FALSONE, THOMAS Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $101,520.56 Date 01/27/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HARTZ, JAMES Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $100,901.84 Date 02/12/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REMING, PAUL B Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $100,654.15 Date 01/27/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KAISER, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $100,538.60 Date 08/25/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEWANDOWSKI, MICHAEL G Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $100,390.44 Date 08/04/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DAY, PATRICK G Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $100,058.20 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HEIMILLER, CARL R Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $100,047.25 Date 09/15/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MUSCOREIL, MARK R Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $99,785.32 Date 07/31/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FLEMING, EILEEN S Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $98,972.08 Date 07/31/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREINER, KEITH M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $98,600.79 Date 09/29/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, WILLIAM J, III Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $98,328.32 Date 08/25/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SALVAGGIO, JOSEPH D Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $97,998.77 Date 01/26/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CIEHOMSKI, TODD C Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $97,945.16 Date 03/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAVARELLO, ADAM N Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $97,416.84 Date 01/24/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name EBERLE, CARL E Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $97,314.25 Date 07/31/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name IENCO, BRIAN L Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $97,260.42 Date 02/10/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHOLL, HOWARD M, III Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $96,996.79 Date 08/02/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FRANCO, CHRISTOPHER T Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $96,810.81 Date 01/23/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILOSICH, JOSEPH M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $96,781.64 Date 07/31/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WEBSTER, JAMES M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $96,576.39 Date 07/01/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCRANTON, MARK A Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $96,305.26 Date 01/06/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARTOLOTTA, FRANK J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $96,232.92 Date 11/07/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HEARITT, DARREN R Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $95,818.26 Date 01/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COFFEY, DAVID S Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $94,840.18 Date 01/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PASQUALE, ALYXANDER E Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $94,784.36 Date 01/17/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TABER, RYAN J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $94,491.89 Date 07/28/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WLODARCZYK, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $94,480.05 Date 08/02/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COLANGELO, ANTHONY M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $94,408.31 Date 05/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VILARDO, JOSEPH M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $94,237.49 Date 01/25/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WEIGEL, DANIEL J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $93,929.84 Date 04/01/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEELBACH, MATTHEW J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $93,878.35 Date 03/12/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ENGLERT, KENNETH D Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $93,546.89 Date 10/28/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PARTYKA, TIMOTHY J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $93,391.80 Date 01/15/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MULLA, MICHAEL J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $92,893.25 Date 01/27/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ZENOSKY, W. SCOTT Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $92,755.85 Date 01/30/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RYAN, CHRISTOPHER G Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $92,663.15 Date 08/03/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CHRISTIANO, VINCENT J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $92,551.41 Date 01/17/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STRAND, KEVIN L Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $92,416.41 Date 01/23/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CORDARO, JOSEPH P Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $92,311.45 Date 08/06/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SWANICK, MICHELLE M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $92,309.33 Date 07/30/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KAZMARK, JOSEPH N Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $92,179.61 Date 08/02/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KAISER, CHRISTOPHER P Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $91,928.30 Date 01/20/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CURRY, BRIAN J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $91,789.55 Date 08/02/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GENNUSO, DAVID A Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $91,529.46 Date 01/22/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KLAUK, ANDREW C Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $91,401.65 Date 08/02/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEBRON, JULIO, JR Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $91,340.83 Date 02/05/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JONES, JAMES B Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $91,091.07 Date 06/06/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LO BRUTTO, JOSEPH, JR Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,984.65 Date 01/28/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHIFFLER, CHARLES L Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,937.68 Date 06/24/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CORMICK, JACOB R Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,909.00 Date 01/17/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ARLINGTON, JASON J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,668.87 Date 04/25/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MARCIANO, MICHAEL Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,609.12 Date 07/20/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VALINT, BRIAN M Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,576.35 Date 08/04/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KLYCZEK, JOSEPH D Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,501.73 Date 01/17/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MILOSICH, CHRISTINE E Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,494.14 Date 01/17/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CAPUTY, JOSEPH T Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,494.04 Date 07/25/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MURPHY, JOHN T, JR Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,284.48 Date 01/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LAUGEMAN, WILLIAM R Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,174.59 Date 01/12/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SZTUK, STEVEN J Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $90,121.96 Date 01/15/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FORD, RICHARD L Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $89,720.71 Date 12/04/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TABER, AMANDA B Employer name Town of Tonawanda Amount $89,712.38 Date 04/09/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System

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