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 JORDAN, J ANTHONY | Employer name Washington County | Amount $182,638.00 | Date 09/25/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MERCURE, MICHAEL J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $98,805.42 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DISTASIO, MICHAEL D | Employer name Washington County | Amount $94,929.19 | Date 08/23/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOLCOMB, WILLIAM L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $92,953.21 | Date 01/24/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WICKES, ROGER A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $88,370.79 | Date 04/25/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARROLL, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $88,047.04 | Date 12/08/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MORRIS, CHRISTIAN P | Employer name Washington County | Amount $85,704.18 | Date 10/30/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUXTON, DAVID F | Employer name Washington County | Amount $85,483.50 | Date 06/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUNT, PATRICIA A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $85,170.58 | Date 05/19/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SULLIVAN, ROBERT J, JR | Employer name Washington County | Amount $84,854.37 | Date 05/27/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SPIEZIO, HAROLD P | Employer name Washington County | Amount $84,849.04 | Date 12/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE LORME, TAMMY L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $84,320.59 | Date 08/11/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANIO, GREGORY A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $83,045.92 | Date 04/20/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREEYEAR, WILLIAM T | Employer name Washington County | Amount $82,373.59 | Date 10/16/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCINTYRE, KATHY JO | Employer name Washington County | Amount $81,662.96 | Date 06/10/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASKINS, STEVEN D | Employer name Washington County | Amount $81,330.75 | Date 09/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JONES, BARRY J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $80,631.23 | Date 11/09/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DE BOLT, CHRISTOPHER P | Employer name Washington County | Amount $80,490.71 | Date 01/10/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLETTE, ALBERT B | Employer name Washington County | Amount $79,418.65 | Date 04/18/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRILLING, JOSEPH B | Employer name Washington County | Amount $78,972.18 | Date 05/14/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MATTHEW D | Employer name Washington County | Amount $78,516.87 | Date 07/25/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACY, SCOTT H | Employer name Washington County | Amount $78,022.76 | Date 07/07/1989 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARKHAM, TERRY E | Employer name Washington County | Amount $76,968.21 | Date 07/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WORTHINGTON, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $76,941.42 | Date 09/11/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EARL, TRAVIS A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $76,397.83 | Date 05/03/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRATT, KAREN R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $74,845.32 | Date 01/19/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LA TOUR, JOHN K | Employer name Washington County | Amount $72,913.70 | Date 09/09/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARTINDALE, DANIEL S | Employer name Washington County | Amount $72,904.18 | Date 03/14/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LOHRET, MATTHEW J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $72,768.77 | Date 09/24/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC WHORTER, MICHAEL | Employer name Washington County | Amount $72,657.83 | Date 03/09/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ANDERSON, DEVIN | Employer name Washington County | Amount $72,629.69 | Date 02/09/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RATHBUN, BRANDON P | Employer name Washington County | Amount $72,275.71 | Date 03/23/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARDY, KRISTEN L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $72,060.27 | Date 10/18/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MESSERSMITH, ANDREW J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $71,956.62 | Date 05/05/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name OSWALD, LAURA E | Employer name Washington County | Amount $71,733.94 | Date 01/30/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TROTTIER, PAUL M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $71,173.14 | Date 04/09/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RICHE, DONALD T | Employer name Washington County | Amount $70,755.89 | Date 08/25/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FRANDINO, JOSEPH A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $70,656.62 | Date 11/14/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TUCKER, JEFFREY D | Employer name Washington County | Amount $70,547.66 | Date 10/30/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LE CLAIRE, ANTHONY M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $70,419.84 | Date 03/12/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAYLOR, JEAN | Employer name Washington County | Amount $69,959.53 | Date 08/26/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, PHILIP H | Employer name Washington County | Amount $69,601.67 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMERY, TODD L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $68,700.11 | Date 08/10/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCMURRY, KEITH A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $68,588.53 | Date 10/10/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTS, THERESA C | Employer name Washington County | Amount $68,584.17 | Date 08/23/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DANKO, ROBERT M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $68,354.99 | Date 03/04/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREEBERN, JACOB A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $68,215.32 | Date 11/01/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACKEY, MICHAEL T | Employer name Washington County | Amount $68,208.11 | Date 09/10/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEMERY, STEPHANIE C | Employer name Washington County | Amount $67,855.66 | Date 07/11/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DODGE, DALE M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $67,636.09 | Date 08/25/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVES, HARRISON L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $66,778.18 | Date 06/30/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HURLBURT, CORY L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $66,619.93 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOGAN, JAMES | Employer name Washington County | Amount $66,284.61 | Date 01/06/1986 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DIAMOND, JASON R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $66,202.23 | Date 08/28/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAKER, KAREN M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $66,144.07 | Date 09/03/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name IRWIN, EILEEN C | Employer name Washington County | Amount $64,881.40 | Date 01/26/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC KENNA, EUGENE J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $64,774.25 | Date 11/06/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC FARREN, SCOTT J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $64,653.64 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RAYMOND, REBECCA L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $64,586.63 | Date 07/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BEECHER, JILLIAN M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $64,479.75 | Date 01/27/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITE, ANTHONY M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $63,655.97 | Date 08/01/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRACKEY, NANCY A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $63,328.94 | Date 01/08/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PREHODA, DEBRA R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $63,128.12 | Date 08/26/1975 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KONIFKA, TODD R, JR | Employer name Washington County | Amount $62,965.02 | Date 05/02/2016 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAPEZZUTI, MARIE A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $62,650.79 | Date 05/09/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC LENITHAN, TY E | Employer name Washington County | Amount $62,254.73 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BUMP, DANIEL H | Employer name Washington County | Amount $61,377.83 | Date 12/26/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUDSON, TRACY L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $61,035.44 | Date 05/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NOLAN, LAWRENCE A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $60,648.34 | Date 05/15/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRAY, MICHAEL J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $60,608.07 | Date 01/09/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHADWICK, LAURA B | Employer name Washington County | Amount $60,467.75 | Date 04/29/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DARFLER, THOMAS H | Employer name Washington County | Amount $60,428.61 | Date 03/28/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FITCH, MELISSA R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $60,022.92 | Date 09/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETT, ARON S | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,894.72 | Date 04/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, JODIE L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,658.20 | Date 11/30/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARRINGTON, JAMES J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,559.91 | Date 05/31/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BICKFORD, JEANNINE K | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,551.05 | Date 03/23/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAVENS, CHRIS R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,514.82 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CANTANUCCI-MITCHELL, GINA N | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,120.30 | Date 09/19/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROBERTSON, RICKY J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,069.39 | Date 01/01/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JAMIESON, DAVID G | Employer name Washington County | Amount $59,009.89 | Date 08/02/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $58,792.27 | Date 08/01/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WRIGHT, DAVID W | Employer name Washington County | Amount $58,213.37 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TURNER, MELISSA A | Employer name Washington County | Amount $57,524.56 | Date 12/15/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LACHAPELLE, STACY C | Employer name Washington County | Amount $57,521.57 | Date 05/05/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MCDONALD, LISA B | Employer name Washington County | Amount $57,358.38 | Date 08/21/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GEBO, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Washington County | Amount $57,272.88 | Date 09/25/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JACKSON, MATTHEW K | Employer name Washington County | Amount $56,728.93 | Date 05/07/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STRAIN, CHRISTOPHER R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $56,696.68 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEL SIGNORE, SUZANNE T | Employer name Washington County | Amount $56,583.43 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GIMMLER, LUCAS D | Employer name Washington County | Amount $56,556.29 | Date 04/11/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREAULT, MICHAEL R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,983.42 | Date 07/06/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, MICHELE J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,935.86 | Date 04/28/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KOLAR, KYLE L | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,879.95 | Date 08/11/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, VALERIE J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,871.91 | Date 03/06/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MICHAUD, PAUL V | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,869.88 | Date 08/08/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOWARD, BRIAN J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,776.67 | Date 11/05/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRYOR, JOANNA R | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,763.96 | Date 02/28/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MAC MENAMIN, JEFFREY J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,695.57 | Date 10/27/1976 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEVENS, DONALD J | Employer name Washington County | Amount $55,664.91 | Date 02/04/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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