Erie County Sheriff’s Sergeant Led Western New York Government Pay, Report Says
A report by the Empire Center for Public Policy indicates that an Erie County Sheriff’s sergeant was the highest-paid government employee in Western New York last year.
Buffalo, NY, October 28, 2026 —
A report by the Empire Center for Public Policy indicates that an Erie County Sheriff’s sergeant was the highest-paid government employee in Western New York last year. The summary of the report does not identify the sergeant or state the amount of compensation.
The information provided also does not specify which calendar year “last year” refers to, how the report defined Western New York, or which government employers and job categories were included in its comparison. It does not describe the compensation components or explain how the report assembled its figures.
As a result, the reported ranking is the only specific finding available in the summary. It does not provide enough detail to compare the sergeant’s pay with that of other public employees or to determine what factors contributed to the ranking.
The report is attributed to the Empire Center for Public Policy, but no report title, publication date, methodology, or underlying data was provided. The summary also contains no comment from the Sheriff’s Office, the sergeant, or other officials.
Further details about the report, including the employee’s identity, the compensation figure and the period covered, were not included in the information supplied. Without those particulars, the finding can be reported as an attributed ranking, but its scope and basis cannot be independently described here.
Story summarized from the original created by Geoff Kelly on investigativepost.org, see more information here.
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