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 KESSLER, JOSEPH F Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $259,151.34 Date 01/02/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN AUKEN, BRADFORD H Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $259,151.34 Date 08/31/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TARTAGLIA, PAUL A Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $245,934.62 Date 04/22/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDSTEIN, GERALD C Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $237,284.36 Date 01/24/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name QUINIONES, GIL C Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $234,999.96 Date 10/29/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LURIE, ROBERT F Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $234,559.68 Date 05/05/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DRISCOLL, JUSTIN E Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $233,708.82 Date 01/31/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC DADE, THOMAS W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $233,695.16 Date 03/29/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIDER, EDWARD A Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $230,608.13 Date 05/24/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANDERSON, JILL C Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $230,185.35 Date 12/21/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOM, DAVID Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $229,550.37 Date 07/31/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOIA, PHILIP F Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $228,291.87 Date 03/18/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRANCOIS, HARRY Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $225,505.41 Date 02/25/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZANDES, TIMOTHY L Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $222,787.17 Date 03/21/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KNOWLTON, ROBERT J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $220,752.01 Date 01/05/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONCADORO, THOMAS J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $213,427.04 Date 12/30/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRIS-MATTOS, AGNES M Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $211,033.31 Date 03/31/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREENE, KEITHLEY C Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $210,933.88 Date 09/13/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRISSMAN, RANDY D Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $207,291.06 Date 10/06/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALESIO, LORI A Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $206,999.88 Date 06/27/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RENSTROM SHEA, ALLISON Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $206,485.78 Date 10/02/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BELNICK, PAUL W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $204,823.44 Date 05/13/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CANALE, JOHN L Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $204,268.18 Date 11/12/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAHABKA, JOHN M Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $202,872.26 Date 06/10/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ESPOSITO, VINCENT P Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $199,280.68 Date 05/06/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUCE, DOMINICK Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $198,222.06 Date 01/09/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRYZLO, JOSEPH W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $196,815.38 Date 11/25/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ODENDAHL, BRIAN J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $196,596.13 Date 11/12/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DELINCE, KAREN Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $196,324.80 Date 03/23/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANTINORI, ANDREW S Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $195,315.28 Date 12/30/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARDANESH, BRUCE B Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $193,301.92 Date 11/06/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEUMAN, ANDREW F Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $191,514.28 Date 04/10/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAEZ, BRIAN J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $191,476.72 Date 02/12/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REASONER, ANNE N Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $189,244.00 Date 07/30/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEVINE, JAMES R Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $188,415.50 Date 09/09/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAYES, KEITH T Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $186,037.99 Date 12/01/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, KEVIN J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $184,776.98 Date 08/07/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLON, RUTH N Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $182,153.82 Date 03/04/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YANG, HONG Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $181,583.47 Date 08/02/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COSCIA, SIMONE Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $180,631.60 Date 05/04/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE JESU, THOMAS P Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $180,249.94 Date 03/09/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GEIGER-WANK, CAROL L Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $180,223.27 Date 01/22/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LIU, JENNY L Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $179,730.28 Date 05/11/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALLEN, RICHARD W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $179,000.00 Date 12/14/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KALASHIAN, STEVEN Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $179,000.00 Date 05/04/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIZZO, KRISTINE Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $179,000.00 Date 12/15/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SPENCER, THOMAS E Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $179,000.00 Date 02/24/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NASH, MICHAEL F Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $178,460.86 Date 01/18/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC ELROY, BRIAN C Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $178,374.22 Date 05/15/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAAKE, GLENN D Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $178,332.60 Date 07/30/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SASLOW, KARINA B Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $177,184.58 Date 06/22/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHLUDE, RICHARD Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $176,007.65 Date 09/20/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GARCIA, CAROLINE G Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $175,364.50 Date 02/13/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HO, THOMAS Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $175,153.92 Date 04/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, SCOTT Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $174,847.26 Date 09/05/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SLIKER, GUY D Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $174,794.64 Date 04/24/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HE, SHAN YU Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $174,745.15 Date 04/23/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARCHER, J E Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $174,450.13 Date 06/19/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEARY, JOSEPH Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $174,324.13 Date 02/02/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRODMAN, ROBERT F, JR Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $174,110.07 Date 09/18/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TETENMAN, SCOTT A Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $173,969.24 Date 08/30/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHUFF, ARNOLD J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $173,303.64 Date 11/17/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CARTHY, MICHAEL P Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $173,138.52 Date 01/01/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MITCHELL, MICHAEL J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $172,438.74 Date 12/11/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUCOBO, JAVIER E Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $172,238.74 Date 03/22/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ETTLINGER, ALAN A Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $171,972.00 Date 05/17/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUDEWIG, PETER W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $171,189.88 Date 10/01/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYAN, MARC C Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $170,584.18 Date 03/29/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EISENFELD, HELEN W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $170,187.99 Date 08/31/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SICKLES, ROBERT J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $169,323.49 Date 07/29/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOWALCZYK, WALTER G Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $169,190.79 Date 03/22/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHELDON, JAMES N Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $168,387.78 Date 05/25/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WORK, DAVID V Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $168,046.23 Date 09/14/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURKE, JOHN A Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $168,009.01 Date 11/27/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEVENSON, GARY D Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $167,793.88 Date 12/03/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOPKE, DEBRA J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $167,202.78 Date 10/22/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COHEN, JEFFREY C Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $166,914.86 Date 12/13/1975 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC NEILL, ROBERT Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $166,721.18 Date 02/03/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FISHER, EDWARD M Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $166,257.36 Date 09/09/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MUSTARO, JOHN Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $166,128.07 Date 07/01/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LUONGO, ANDREA E Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $165,963.79 Date 12/09/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RONCI, FRANCIS S Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $165,873.32 Date 06/13/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RAUDENBUSH, JOHN S Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $164,458.09 Date 09/12/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANDERSON, JAMES M Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $164,229.28 Date 04/22/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALBRECHT, DANIEL A Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $164,191.29 Date 03/29/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHWABE, ROBERT J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $164,140.40 Date 05/26/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRUNTY, PETER F Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $164,115.67 Date 05/05/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRIMES, TERRENCE J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $163,925.20 Date 11/05/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BIGOS, DANIEL PETER Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $163,063.87 Date 02/22/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ECHEVERRI, ALEX L Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $162,803.94 Date 11/20/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALE, LORI J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $162,803.94 Date 09/27/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MALONE, MARK K Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $162,746.10 Date 04/25/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOCKFORT, STEVEN E Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $162,326.56 Date 04/08/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEATON, FRANK J Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $162,006.51 Date 04/16/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEJARANO, JAMES G Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $161,780.28 Date 11/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIEGELHAUPT, ETHAN M Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $161,376.90 Date 12/07/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DA SILVA, RICARDO Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $161,174.29 Date 09/08/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRADFORD, ROBERT W Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $160,829.28 Date 03/26/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STANTON, WILLIAM M Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $160,545.64 Date 06/30/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GONZALEZ, ANGELA Employer name NYS Power Authority Amount $160,000.10 Date 06/10/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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