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 GARDNER, VALERIE G | Employer name Yates County | Amount $188,179.64 | Date 05/09/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BROCKMAN, EDWARD J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $99,805.93 | Date 04/10/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMPSON, RICHARD L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $95,741.93 | Date 12/07/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FALVEY, SCOTT P | Employer name Yates County | Amount $92,379.05 | Date 01/04/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, BRANDON C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $92,158.44 | Date 01/02/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFIN, STEPHEN G | Employer name Yates County Ind Dev Agency | Amount $92,015.66 | Date 03/25/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NEMITZ, EDWIN C, JR | Employer name Yates County | Amount $91,518.83 | Date 01/10/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RIDER, JEFFREY J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $90,792.57 | Date 03/27/2006 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RYAN, FRANCIS E | Employer name Yates County | Amount $85,731.20 | Date 09/16/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HARTMAN, DAVID M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $83,632.46 | Date 01/16/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FLYNN, WINONA B | Employer name Yates County | Amount $83,566.62 | Date 01/22/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BETTS, CHAD D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $83,343.98 | Date 02/17/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FREELAND, NEIL A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $81,753.03 | Date 10/18/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MACK, ALAN R | Employer name Yates County | Amount $80,142.20 | Date 07/26/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, DAVID W, II | Employer name Yates County | Amount $78,892.34 | Date 08/14/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CUNNINGHAM, ARLYN C, JR | Employer name Yates County | Amount $78,237.83 | Date 02/16/2004 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BACKER, SCOTT A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $78,131.99 | Date 04/19/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUMBERGS, DEREK A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $77,849.20 | Date 07/01/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAMPHIER, SHAWN S | Employer name Yates County | Amount $76,428.82 | Date 01/03/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GROTH, TIMOTHY M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $74,719.19 | Date 07/02/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHANTO, DOROTHY E | Employer name Yates County | Amount $74,004.37 | Date 05/08/1978 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREUER, PATRICK D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $73,536.27 | Date 12/30/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HOOVER, JUDY L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $72,467.82 | Date 03/27/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name EMERSON, CHARLES E | Employer name Yates County | Amount $72,089.91 | Date 10/02/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MINOR, DEBORAH A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $72,024.63 | Date 11/03/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HASTING, GLENN F | Employer name Yates County | Amount $71,913.53 | Date 03/29/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MANAHAN, PATRICK C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $71,129.02 | Date 12/07/1994 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SHAFFER, KAREN A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $70,884.31 | Date 02/18/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name COLE, BRAD C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $70,230.36 | Date 12/26/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BREDE, PATRICIA C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $69,851.89 | Date 09/15/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CROFOOT, KEVIN L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $69,544.70 | Date 06/22/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TRYON, LORA J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $69,091.94 | Date 08/03/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BAILEY, JARED R | Employer name Yates County | Amount $68,883.23 | Date 03/13/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRENNAN, KERRY M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $68,585.76 | Date 10/28/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LEWIS, ELAINE G | Employer name Yates County | Amount $68,379.23 | Date 03/12/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REYNOLDS, DOUGLAS G | Employer name Yates County | Amount $68,330.26 | Date 02/08/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MILLER, AMY D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $67,618.68 | Date 06/27/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WHITFORD, PAMELA B | Employer name Yates County | Amount $67,424.72 | Date 08/09/1998 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name KUHNER, CYNTHIA J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $67,261.66 | Date 10/05/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WINSLOW, BRIAN C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $66,491.19 | Date 01/26/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SMITH, SANDRA L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $66,282.27 | Date 10/06/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HALL, LOIS E | Employer name Yates County | Amount $65,631.11 | Date 09/24/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name AARON, LOUIS R, IV | Employer name Yates County | Amount $65,442.42 | Date 02/07/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HANSEN, CHRISTOPHER M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $64,605.74 | Date 02/07/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PRIOR, CRAIG S | Employer name Yates County | Amount $64,083.03 | Date 02/16/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAWES, SHARON A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $63,994.55 | Date 01/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC ADAMS, AMY S | Employer name Yates County | Amount $63,929.48 | Date 03/11/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHISOM, DEREK W | Employer name Yates County | Amount $63,710.00 | Date 02/25/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BRUSH, ALBERT M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $63,489.96 | Date 09/24/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PALMER, JAMES R, JR | Employer name Yates County | Amount $63,240.39 | Date 08/12/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAGGETT, CHAD M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $63,094.11 | Date 02/06/2015 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CAMPBELL, KEVIN C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $63,059.62 | Date 02/06/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HUBBARD, PAUL D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $62,725.10 | Date 04/12/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSEN, SARA L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $62,561.76 | Date 08/01/2005 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BLUMBERGS, DUSTY L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $62,430.63 | Date 05/08/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HEAD, DAVID S | Employer name Yates County | Amount $62,343.54 | Date 06/27/1988 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MARELLI, ERIC P | Employer name Yates County | Amount $62,284.75 | Date 03/11/1996 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NIVER, ANN M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $62,157.34 | Date 02/03/1997 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name WILLIAMS, LISA M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $61,813.16 | Date 05/22/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name JENSEN, DONNA L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $60,622.43 | Date 10/02/1974 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name NORTON, LESLIE P | Employer name Yates County | Amount $60,385.13 | Date 12/23/1991 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ROSSI, LYNDA L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $59,948.96 | Date 08/19/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIFFITHS, MARY C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $59,826.95 | Date 11/27/1990 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name PUTNAM, ERICA L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $59,729.95 | Date 04/10/2000 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name RUSSELL-ORR, ELIZABETH A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $59,729.94 | Date 07/13/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TALLEY, ADAM D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $59,522.34 | Date 02/06/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DILLON, JILLIAN L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $59,311.10 | Date 10/05/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STENZEL, JAMES E | Employer name Yates County | Amount $59,196.05 | Date 02/07/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, JOSEPH W | Employer name Yates County | Amount $59,165.78 | Date 07/05/2011 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAMPSEY, GREGORY M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,978.89 | Date 05/26/2003 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name QUAYLE, ROBERT A, III | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,882.88 | Date 01/05/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MC INNIS, LESLIE T | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,683.27 | Date 06/23/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SIMMONS, SUSAN L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,649.59 | Date 03/26/1979 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DAVIS, DANIEL J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,564.33 | Date 12/22/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BISHOP, CHARLES H | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,478.39 | Date 06/09/2009 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SWARTHOUT, KATHY J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,434.50 | Date 08/29/1977 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MEYERS, JEFFERY T | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,207.10 | Date 04/25/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DEKAY, DIANA M | Employer name Yates County | Amount $58,105.48 | Date 09/04/1995 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIDLEY, ANTONIA V | Employer name Yates County | Amount $57,840.84 | Date 01/06/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHAMPLIN, BRIAN C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $57,673.67 | Date 05/17/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LORD, KEITH R | Employer name Yates County | Amount $57,576.12 | Date 01/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MOREHOUSE, MEGAN K | Employer name Yates County | Amount $57,442.02 | Date 08/28/2013 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name REED, REBECCA A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $57,371.92 | Date 09/10/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name BASSETT, JASON D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $57,348.11 | Date 06/22/2001 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CLAWSON, BONNIE J | Employer name Yates County | Amount $56,963.42 | Date 02/20/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GRIDLEY, CHAD | Employer name Yates County | Amount $56,847.28 | Date 09/09/1992 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name FOX, PATRICIA ANN | Employer name Yates County | Amount $56,801.46 | Date 11/01/2002 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HINES, BARRY W | Employer name Yates County | Amount $56,593.35 | Date 11/04/1985 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name ADAMS, FRANK A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $56,585.83 | Date 06/06/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SCOTT, DANIEL F | Employer name Yates County | Amount $56,321.05 | Date 01/13/2008 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name MURPHY, BRIAN T | Employer name Yates County | Amount $55,862.00 | Date 07/16/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CHRISTENSEN, PAMELA L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $55,686.00 | Date 09/22/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name HAYES, CONNIE C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $55,610.59 | Date 06/22/1987 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name GREEN, JENNIFER | Employer name Yates County | Amount $55,294.18 | Date 12/08/2014 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name LAWTON, ROBERT C | Employer name Yates County | Amount $55,260.88 | Date 01/13/1982 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name STEWART, EMILY E | Employer name Yates County | Amount $55,081.43 | Date 08/13/2007 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name TONES, LINDSAY A | Employer name Yates County | Amount $54,854.13 | Date 05/24/1999 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name DRUKER, ANGELA D | Employer name Yates County | Amount $54,793.77 | Date 10/12/2010 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name CARLSEN, DEBORAH L | Employer name Yates County | Amount $54,442.35 | Date 09/25/2012 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
| Name SNYDER, JEFFREY | Employer name Yates County | Amount $54,424.66 | Date 02/01/1993 | Fiscal year 2016-17 | Pension group Employee Retirement System |
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