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 MC MULLEN-SMITH, KERRIE A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $72,417.16 Date 10/06/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA SITA, LAURA J Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $72,078.16 Date 07/15/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRISON, LAURIE H Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $66,413.79 Date 12/14/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DELISA, KAREN M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $57,911.25 Date 01/04/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LADONNE, MARIE E Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $56,890.54 Date 06/01/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAYLOR, MARY LEE Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $54,218.99 Date 03/23/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOKES, ELIZABETH A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $53,964.00 Date 04/14/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RANKIN, JOY Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $53,612.64 Date 08/19/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PROVENCHER, JAMES P Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $52,429.96 Date 09/07/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARMSTRONG, CHERYL J Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $50,068.67 Date 10/20/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ACARD, BARBARA S Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $49,791.26 Date 02/06/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COOK, PAMELA K Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $38,577.78 Date 01/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIENZO, JOYCE E Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $34,626.58 Date 06/30/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEPNOSKI, LINDA M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $34,300.21 Date 07/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZIEMACKI, ROBIN L Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $32,579.60 Date 01/10/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIMS, CYTHEREA L Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $29,492.27 Date 07/21/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAWCHUK, DIANE M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $28,734.11 Date 05/22/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOEHLE, CLAIRE M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $27,107.08 Date 09/18/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PASSANTINO, DESIREE A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $25,308.29 Date 09/14/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REDDING, TENA Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $22,409.85 Date 08/13/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MONTAZEM, CATHERINE H Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $20,884.01 Date 09/01/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEPULVEDA-GIEBFRIED, PATRICIA Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $20,144.57 Date 01/04/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURRAY, HELEN C Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $18,921.00 Date 11/17/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SADOWSKI, LINDA D Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $18,758.16 Date 09/14/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRIED, MELISSA C Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $18,346.23 Date 05/09/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RICHTER, KATHLEEN A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $17,981.25 Date 04/25/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MUSNICKI, LORNA F Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $15,387.45 Date 04/01/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PYSARENKO, SUZANNE S Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $15,227.41 Date 08/06/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HILARY, RICHARD C Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $14,055.34 Date 02/21/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BATTEY, ROBERT Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $13,651.23 Date 03/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FICHTNER, KYLE C Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $13,306.28 Date 05/30/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARMER, JESSICA S Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $13,013.21 Date 01/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALVARADO, RASHEIMA M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $11,942.37 Date 11/22/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIAMOND, LAWRENCE Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $11,928.81 Date 11/12/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARMER, NANCY M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $10,897.60 Date 11/27/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RANKEL, CATHERINE A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $10,027.21 Date 11/21/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHMIDT, ALEXIS M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $9,672.55 Date 01/20/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COVERDALE, ERIC S Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $7,599.29 Date 04/09/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KINNEARY, MARIE K Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $7,570.50 Date 09/12/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANTIAGO, MARGIE Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $4,341.03 Date 10/12/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GODBERSON, KENNETH B, III Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $3,005.70 Date 03/28/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STARKES, JANE M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $2,876.70 Date 05/28/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RANKIN, JOY Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $120,726.48 Date 08/19/2011 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA SITA, LAURA J Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $70,013.24 Date 07/15/1985 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRISON, LAURIE H Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $63,922.22 Date 12/14/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DELISA, KAREN M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $54,756.88 Date 01/04/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC MULLEN-SMITH, KERRIE A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $54,498.12 Date 10/06/2000 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LADONNE, MARIE E Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $53,877.93 Date 06/01/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOKES, ELIZABETH A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $52,063.72 Date 04/14/1988 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAYLOR, MARY LEE Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $50,043.31 Date 03/23/2004 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PROVENCHER, JAMES P Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $46,991.12 Date 09/07/2004 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ACARD, BARBARA S Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $46,645.85 Date 02/06/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARMER, NANCY M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $43,976.26 Date 11/27/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARMSTRONG, CHERYL J Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $43,316.29 Date 10/20/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HILL, JANE A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $41,690.03 Date 09/04/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COOK, PAMELA K Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $38,492.88 Date 09/03/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIENZO, JOYCE E Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $37,917.51 Date 06/30/1980 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEPPEARD, CAROL R Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $36,335.58 Date 09/27/1983 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEPNOSKI, LINDA M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $33,694.80 Date 07/01/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZIEMACKI, ROBIN L Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $31,489.94 Date 01/10/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIMS, CYTHEREA L Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $28,495.15 Date 07/21/2001 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PASSANTINO, DESIREE A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $28,179.35 Date 09/14/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOEHLE, CLAIRE M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $26,106.11 Date 09/18/2006 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAWCHUK, DIANE M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $22,606.84 Date 05/22/2014 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REDDING, TENA Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $21,606.75 Date 08/13/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PYSARENKO, SUZANNE S Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $20,525.79 Date 08/06/1993 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURRAY, HELEN C Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $18,642.21 Date 11/17/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SADOWSKI, LINDA D Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $17,245.03 Date 09/14/1987 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRINGTON, LAURA A Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $16,038.71 Date 05/30/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HILARY, RICHARD C Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $14,279.14 Date 02/21/1995 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANTIAGO, MARGIE Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $13,624.92 Date 10/12/2005 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BATTEY, ROBERT Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $12,781.18 Date 03/22/1999 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARMER, JESSICA S Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $11,279.36 Date 01/12/2009 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIAMOND, LAWRENCE Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $11,061.00 Date 11/12/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MUSNICKI, LORNA F Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $10,588.98 Date 04/01/2008 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHMIDT, ALEXIS M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $7,644.82 Date 01/20/2015 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARPENZANO, SANTO Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $5,348.50 Date 09/17/2013 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SWETT, NANCY G Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $4,945.54 Date 09/12/2012 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLOS, PATRICIA N Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $4,197.82 Date 08/31/2012 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUNTER, ERIN M Employer name Riverhead Free Library Amount $3,001.99 Date 12/21/2009 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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