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 GORKA, JOHN J Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $111,603.54 Date 06/07/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUIZ, BRUCE B Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $85,911.00 Date 06/12/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WIENCKOWSKI, ERIC D Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $83,160.29 Date 11/29/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VALLVE, MARISA E Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $83,147.29 Date 01/08/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FEFER, ISAAC Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $70,841.07 Date 04/01/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, SCOTT J Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $68,017.35 Date 01/22/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NORMAN, KENNETH R Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $63,898.81 Date 11/03/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORKA, KATHRYN A Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $60,161.35 Date 03/04/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ORTIZ, JOSEPH Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $59,884.18 Date 05/01/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEISSMAN, DINA F Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $59,428.63 Date 04/06/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MERKUR, JANYLYN C Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $45,727.01 Date 06/02/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZINNO-BAYBUSKY, DONNA M Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $41,533.86 Date 07/07/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORKA, JOHN J Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $107,641.56 Date 06/07/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUIZ, BRUCE B Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $82,862.00 Date 06/12/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WIENCKOWSKI, ERIC D Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $80,209.22 Date 11/29/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VALLVE, MARISA E Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $80,196.22 Date 01/08/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FEFER, ISAAC Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $67,902.12 Date 04/01/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NORMAN, KENNETH R Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $61,630.40 Date 11/03/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, SCOTT J Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $61,522.50 Date 01/22/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GORKA, KATHRYN A Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $58,026.28 Date 03/04/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ORTIZ, JOSEPH Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $57,759.00 Date 05/01/1989 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEISSMAN, DINA F Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $57,319.08 Date 04/06/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MERKUR, JANYLYN C Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $44,104.58 Date 06/02/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZINNO-BAYBUSKY, DONNA M Employer name Leg Task Force Reapportionment Amount $40,059.76 Date 07/07/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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