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 MAYBERGER, ROBERT D Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $173,994.17 Date 05/24/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COHEN, JANIS Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $167,005.79 Date 07/26/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORTON, SEAN M Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $164,569.83 Date 08/28/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HALL, JULIE THORNE Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $159,423.94 Date 08/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHEA, SHEILA E Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $156,547.39 Date 08/07/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LIFSHIN, BETH A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $154,916.55 Date 08/21/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NIXON, WILLIAM H Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $152,532.62 Date 10/20/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRENNAN, DANIEL C Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $152,290.71 Date 08/01/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALLO, LINDA VELLIS Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $152,290.71 Date 05/01/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GANDY, MICHELE M Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $152,290.71 Date 01/21/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUIDARELLI-WU, JACQUELINE M. Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $152,290.71 Date 08/01/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIERCE, VERONICA D Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $152,290.71 Date 04/13/1970 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TURNER, PAULA P Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $152,290.71 Date 08/16/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAREY, EDWARD J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $150,637.95 Date 07/22/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUSLANDER, BETSY Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $150,182.62 Date 01/05/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUFFY, MONICA A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $148,740.62 Date 09/30/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WENIG, RICHARD J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $145,537.88 Date 02/23/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GAYNOR, MICHAEL G Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $145,528.41 Date 12/19/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOYCE, AMY E Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $143,340.31 Date 10/16/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURPHY, CATHERINE F Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $143,340.31 Date 07/02/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCALES, BENJAMIN A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $143,340.31 Date 08/28/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CREASER, MICHAEL K Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $143,187.88 Date 04/04/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FAULKNER, LAUREEN A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $143,187.88 Date 04/01/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FIELDS, MICHAEL J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $143,187.88 Date 12/06/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRESSMAN, CAROL B Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $143,187.88 Date 08/21/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROTELLO, CATHERINE M Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $143,187.88 Date 01/24/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANTONELLI, LAURA Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $138,735.05 Date 03/24/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COE, CHRISTY A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $138,735.05 Date 08/03/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBINSON, KIRK T Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $138,735.05 Date 07/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEVACQUA, AMELIA Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $136,485.05 Date 02/18/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLINGMAN, NAN B Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $136,485.05 Date 01/20/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRIEDMAN, JULIE B Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $136,485.05 Date 06/23/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LANDES, JANE H Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $136,485.05 Date 09/12/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOSHIER, KEVIN Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $136,485.05 Date 10/25/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'KEEFE, TIMOTHY P Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $136,485.05 Date 06/04/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROTELLO, JOSEPH C Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $136,485.05 Date 07/29/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BECCARI, ANTHONY Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $133,211.28 Date 01/10/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOCKWELL, SHANNON L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $131,438.82 Date 05/15/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEYER, MATTHEW J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $131,345.35 Date 07/13/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUMMINGS, EDWARD L, JR Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $130,901.89 Date 10/17/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEVINE, HOLLIE S Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $130,705.73 Date 08/22/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARKE, MICHAEL C Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $130,635.86 Date 04/02/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MONTAGNINO, NANCY K Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $128,210.71 Date 09/09/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARCHIONY, ROBERT W Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $126,895.35 Date 08/21/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COSTELLO, FRANK Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $124,096.87 Date 07/01/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LITTLE, ERICA L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $122,958.74 Date 01/03/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CALLAGHAN, THOMAS A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $117,837.47 Date 06/30/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name METCALFE, CHARLES H Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $117,837.47 Date 08/14/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEST, JEREMY J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $117,772.72 Date 08/03/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONWAY, AMY P Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $114,988.45 Date 08/17/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOLLER, CHRISTIAN D Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $114,887.48 Date 08/16/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YAO, ARJAY G Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $114,886.74 Date 08/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PERKINS, MAHLON R Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $114,377.08 Date 06/01/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARTE, MICHAEL J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $113,776.73 Date 09/04/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRENNAN, CAILIN C Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $113,676.92 Date 08/16/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GARRETT, JEVON L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $112,225.26 Date 11/17/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAYER, CHARLES Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $111,147.18 Date 10/01/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONNORS, JAYA L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $109,667.52 Date 01/31/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LIPORACE, WILLIAM R Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $107,403.06 Date 09/18/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEGUIRE, MATTHEW J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $106,749.41 Date 07/05/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOORE, ANTHONY A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $106,262.59 Date 08/25/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEGNARD, JOSEPH L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $105,291.58 Date 11/25/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRANNA, MARK E Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $103,568.04 Date 12/27/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BENTLEY, ANDRIA L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $103,550.60 Date 01/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PECK, DANA D Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $100,710.54 Date 01/06/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CERUTTI, CHELSEA A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $99,657.50 Date 03/12/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEPEYSTER, JANET Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $99,278.29 Date 03/01/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COAN, ALISON M Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $97,638.82 Date 12/09/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEVENS, RAQUEL E Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $97,405.83 Date 08/20/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CEPEDA, LAURA J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $96,390.95 Date 08/19/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'BRIEN, SHEILAH A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $95,963.26 Date 08/20/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZAPPEN, MATTHEW J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $95,322.09 Date 04/18/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADAMSON, JEAN M Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $93,663.26 Date 06/23/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC NAMARA, LUCAS C Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $93,629.42 Date 08/19/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, CONSTANCE K Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $93,521.46 Date 11/09/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONNERS, PATRICK J Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $93,477.78 Date 03/13/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVENPORT, PATRICIA L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $91,760.53 Date 09/13/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GADSON, RONALD G Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $90,305.12 Date 09/20/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TORRES, ANTONIO Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $89,413.40 Date 10/20/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DURANT, CHRISTOPHER W Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $89,138.29 Date 03/03/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLISS, MATTHEW W Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $88,523.68 Date 09/29/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REMET, ANNA E Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $88,523.68 Date 11/03/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEEDER, SHAWN L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $88,277.27 Date 08/13/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MONTE, JEFFREY P Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $88,266.34 Date 09/09/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOTTA, CATHRYN C Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $88,266.34 Date 10/18/1973 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REILLY, MAUREEN E Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $88,266.34 Date 03/10/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAMB, WILLIAM I Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $85,887.16 Date 12/14/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TILTON, ANN L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $85,219.41 Date 06/25/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KRAZ, REBECCA K Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $84,481.51 Date 09/02/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAYO, JEFFREY D Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $84,376.15 Date 01/07/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STACK, BRENT R Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $84,376.15 Date 04/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RICHARDS, SARAH A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $84,165.81 Date 01/07/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE THORNE, MARYANN M Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $83,595.00 Date 07/20/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURNHAM, JULIANNE B Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $82,969.41 Date 12/16/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NOWAK, MARY L Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $82,969.41 Date 04/14/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WARNER, LAURA A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $82,969.41 Date 10/27/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHOOLEY, KIMBERLY A Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $82,893.82 Date 10/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLLINS, JOHN M Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $82,362.82 Date 03/06/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHEEHAN, THOMAS P Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $80,000.04 Date 07/14/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NGUYEN, HIEU V Employer name Appellate Div 3Rd Dept Amount $78,638.59 Date 12/14/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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