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 NEWMAN, GARY N Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $85,703.78 Date 04/26/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRIFFITH, SCOTT Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $81,303.72 Date 02/28/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEPAK, NISHAN Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $74,257.43 Date 09/13/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BERENT, CHERYL I Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $73,553.53 Date 08/31/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KARWOSKI, CAROLYN P Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $71,379.31 Date 02/19/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WU, XIAO YUAN Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $66,058.22 Date 07/08/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JARAMILLO, JUAN A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $64,363.61 Date 07/01/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COPELAND, ROBERT Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $63,122.44 Date 07/03/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEBB, CATHERINE V Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $60,551.37 Date 12/13/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRACEY-HARRIS, DEBRA L Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $60,410.70 Date 05/21/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $60,234.28 Date 03/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRANDISON, MAXINE F Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $60,103.09 Date 01/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, CHERYL Y Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $59,750.37 Date 08/01/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HACKETT, DORIS A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $57,817.68 Date 06/04/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC QUEEN, DOREEN Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $53,599.63 Date 10/13/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEA, LEROY J Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $52,481.64 Date 03/02/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARDEN, VALANDIO Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $46,982.31 Date 05/01/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EASTERLING, JOVANNA S Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $46,813.60 Date 06/21/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, SHANESE Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $46,779.18 Date 10/06/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLESSITT, THEA R Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $43,747.39 Date 10/30/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRANCIS, CHRISTOPHER E Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $30,145.78 Date 09/28/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NUNEZ, AMANDA J Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $26,662.00 Date 06/20/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEERE, REBECCA A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $23,817.37 Date 01/21/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLACKMAN, TISHA S Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $19,164.78 Date 06/30/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ISAAC, TA SHAWNA R Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $16,218.64 Date 07/29/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LYLES, DENISE K Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $13,110.58 Date 07/30/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUGAW, SUSAN Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $12,076.65 Date 11/15/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURPHY, LEON G Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $8,381.25 Date 02/23/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KERSHAW, DEBORAH A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $8,328.25 Date 09/28/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, LOGAN M Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $7,900.53 Date 06/30/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOREHEAD, MARISSA Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $6,411.62 Date 06/30/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARRIS-HINES, ANJA M Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $1,513.84 Date 04/25/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NELSON, DEBORAH C Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $834.40 Date 03/23/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRETT, DANIEL M Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $750.96 Date 06/30/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAYLOR, BLUSHOUS S Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $560.87 Date 03/23/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VALENTINE, WILLIAM E Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $551.70 Date 03/22/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HENRY, JULIA AZ Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $350.00 Date 03/22/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HACKETT, JADE A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $320.00 Date 03/27/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOLINA, CHRISTOPHER R Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $315.00 Date 03/23/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, JAMICE A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $311.58 Date 03/22/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SUMMERS, DORIS L Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $300.00 Date 03/27/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KARWOSKI, CAROLYN P Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $114,559.38 Date 02/19/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEWMAN, GARY N Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $81,053.44 Date 04/26/1982 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LYLES, DENISE K Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $70,853.97 Date 07/30/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEPAK, NISHAN Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $69,890.06 Date 09/13/1993 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BERENT, CHERYL I Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $69,656.72 Date 08/31/1986 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRIFFITH, SCOTT Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $66,727.62 Date 02/28/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JARAMILLO, JUAN A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $64,162.57 Date 07/01/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COPELAND, ROBERT Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $64,005.01 Date 07/03/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRAITHWAITE, ELAINE M Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $62,758.50 Date 06/05/2015 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARPER, MARY E Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $62,591.46 Date 05/05/1995 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WU, XIAO YUAN Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $61,555.68 Date 07/08/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $59,375.62 Date 03/21/1989 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRACEY-HARRIS, DEBRA L Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $59,102.95 Date 05/21/1984 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRANDISON, MAXINE F Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $56,701.36 Date 01/02/1990 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, CHERYL Y Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $56,589.04 Date 08/01/2002 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEBB, CATHERINE V Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $56,396.08 Date 12/13/1989 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEERE, REBECCA A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $53,773.07 Date 01/21/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HACKETT, DORIS A Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $52,364.44 Date 06/04/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEA, LEROY J Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $49,028.16 Date 03/02/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROYSTER, CHARLES E Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $46,837.28 Date 09/12/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARDEN, VALANDIO Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $44,821.30 Date 05/01/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC QUEEN, DOREEN Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $44,543.59 Date 10/13/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EASTERLING, JOVANNA S Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $44,366.12 Date 06/21/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, SHANESE Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $44,216.12 Date 10/06/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLESSITT, THEA R Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $34,843.52 Date 10/30/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JONES, SHEILA J Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $13,461.93 Date 08/03/2009 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ISAAC, TA SHAWNA R Employer name Mount Vernon Public Library Amount $11,944.70 Date 07/29/2009 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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