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 DENZ, DANIEL M Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $150,316.86 Date 07/09/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BOEHRINGER, MICHAEL B Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $132,942.89 Date 02/26/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SHEA, PATRICK A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $127,419.21 Date 07/07/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SZMANIA, DAVID L Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $122,636.93 Date 12/14/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARANOWSKI, KEVIN Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $116,790.39 Date 01/01/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEITZEL, WILLIAM J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $114,951.17 Date 07/09/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CROWE, DANIEL J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $114,653.39 Date 01/28/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STEINWANDEL, DAVID K Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $114,286.18 Date 11/23/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BEBAK, ROBERT A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $114,241.99 Date 07/18/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SPORYSZ, ROBERT J, JR Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $113,480.88 Date 04/11/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BOWEN, MICHAEL P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $113,273.50 Date 02/05/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WRIGHT, DAVID A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $113,203.17 Date 07/31/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COSGROVE, BRIAN E Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $112,518.29 Date 07/30/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BAKER, EDWARD A, JR Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $112,419.82 Date 12/17/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name POLEON, MICHAEL A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $112,367.81 Date 03/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MORANO, KENNETH A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $108,330.22 Date 05/22/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PAPPACENO, JAMES P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $107,855.58 Date 07/31/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC NAMARA, JOHN J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $107,823.83 Date 01/09/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VOLPE, DANIEL A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $107,482.40 Date 08/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HANLEY, DONALD F Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $106,802.42 Date 05/26/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name URBANSKI, JOHN R Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $106,659.98 Date 03/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DONOHUE, SEAN M Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $106,133.34 Date 08/04/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name UNGER, JAMES P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $105,278.88 Date 09/04/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DRISCOLL, DONALD W Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $102,380.03 Date 08/02/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SWIFT, PHILIP D Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $101,224.68 Date 03/01/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LUTEREK, JONATHAN E Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $100,415.53 Date 08/08/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KRIEGBAUM, MATTHEW D Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $99,046.40 Date 08/06/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LUKIS, JEFFREY A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $98,873.64 Date 09/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FERRUCCI, ANTHONY J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $98,857.17 Date 01/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BORK, ANDREW J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $97,698.38 Date 06/19/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMOIA, STEVEN D Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $97,617.38 Date 04/29/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIBBONS, JAMES M, II Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $96,953.56 Date 03/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GEHEN, JAMES M Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $96,706.07 Date 07/08/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PFEIL, RONALD P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $96,482.76 Date 06/01/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARR, KEVIN P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $96,412.11 Date 08/08/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VASQUEZ, DEREK J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $96,376.56 Date 01/18/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FIBICH, GERALD J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $96,025.67 Date 03/25/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FRENCH, BRYAN C Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $95,638.06 Date 08/06/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KOCIENIEWSKI, JAMES T Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $94,868.32 Date 03/30/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name REED, JESSE A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $94,839.05 Date 03/10/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DALEY, PAUL M Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $94,734.16 Date 07/29/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SERAFINI, ANTHONY P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $94,190.93 Date 01/22/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROWN, PAUL G Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $94,002.32 Date 08/04/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DEPPELER, ROBERT J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $93,626.38 Date 02/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KINNER, GREGORY G Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $93,453.49 Date 07/31/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name RYBAK, MICHAEL G Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $93,341.60 Date 08/07/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FOSTER, DANIEL J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $92,640.41 Date 08/03/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PELOW, WILLIAM J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $92,522.59 Date 01/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ENGLISH, MATTHEW D Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $92,451.64 Date 05/24/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VOGEL, CHRISTIAN M Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $92,431.14 Date 08/02/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WISNIEWSKI, DUANE R Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $92,421.88 Date 07/31/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KRAWCZYK, DARYL M Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $91,815.27 Date 10/24/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEHSTEN, EDWIN A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $91,730.70 Date 02/12/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COIA, JEFFERY A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $91,358.53 Date 08/06/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GULLO, JOHN A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $91,179.97 Date 04/01/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC PARLANE, CHERI J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $91,062.43 Date 08/27/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PALKOWSKI, MARK R Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $90,254.24 Date 09/23/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name QUICK, DAVID A, JR Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $89,936.82 Date 01/18/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STATZ, JOSEPH R Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $88,875.38 Date 03/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STACEY, RONALD A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $88,769.01 Date 07/27/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADINOLFI, NICHOLAS B Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $88,627.04 Date 08/06/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LAKE, JOHN A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $88,449.43 Date 02/11/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GALLAGHER, JILL D Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $87,695.99 Date 01/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DALEY, SCOTT P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $86,598.46 Date 08/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ZIMMERMAN, GREGORY W Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $86,151.99 Date 08/31/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLANCHARD, DOUGLAS A, JR Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $85,000.89 Date 11/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUMMELL, MARK E Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $83,659.87 Date 04/01/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILEWSKI, JOSEPH I Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $80,945.73 Date 08/02/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHAPPERT, THOMAS J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $79,667.23 Date 07/09/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HICKS, KRIS J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $78,464.10 Date 05/29/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VASQUEZ, DAVID Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $77,608.07 Date 02/08/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CARTAN, KEVIN A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $77,443.97 Date 07/02/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUFKIN, KEVIN H Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $76,620.42 Date 08/05/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SMITH, KEVIN J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $75,873.19 Date 04/12/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALLI, RICHARD J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $75,188.70 Date 09/25/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FENZ, JOHN J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $75,000.12 Date 11/17/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANDRZEJEWSKI, DANA J Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $74,920.53 Date 03/01/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HIAM, WILLIAM C Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $74,251.27 Date 11/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINBAR, ERIK T Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $74,130.78 Date 10/24/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, THOMAS G Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $73,897.38 Date 11/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOCHER, JEFFREY M Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $73,889.17 Date 02/17/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LITTLER, DONALD B Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $73,278.61 Date 10/26/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COUGHLIN, WILLIAM J, JR Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $73,069.13 Date 12/02/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MALONEY, JEREMY T Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $72,848.29 Date 08/05/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHIEBER, JEFFREY A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $72,796.42 Date 02/08/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUMMINS, BRIAN G Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $72,545.84 Date 06/09/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEMMA, MICHAEL J, JR Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $71,568.23 Date 09/19/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEBER, DENNIS S Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $70,762.01 Date 04/29/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANDOLINA, ANTHONY R Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $70,490.92 Date 06/15/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LEITZEL, MATTHEW C Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $69,979.06 Date 06/03/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name REIDY, JOSEPH P, JR Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $69,953.02 Date 07/30/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SEIBERT, DARRYL WILLIAM Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $69,733.60 Date 08/11/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEEGAN, MICHAEL T Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $69,692.79 Date 07/14/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLUCK, GREGORY A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $69,594.91 Date 11/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZAKY, PAUL B Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $69,512.42 Date 11/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FELSER, JACQUELINE A Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $68,861.63 Date 08/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PANGALLO, JOHN C, JR Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $68,038.66 Date 07/13/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUDDIHY, SEAN P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $67,999.00 Date 07/08/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KERNER, MARK V Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $67,799.37 Date 06/02/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEEN, JOSEPH P Employer name Town of West Seneca Amount $67,724.84 Date 06/02/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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