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 DOWER, REBECCA P Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $141,974.86 Date 05/31/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, MICHAEL L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $141,665.94 Date 04/01/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WASHINGTON, BLAKE G Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $139,338.74 Date 11/03/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FIELDS, PHILIP Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $117,684.66 Date 02/01/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RODOLAKIS, ANTHONY Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $116,447.67 Date 10/11/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'HARE, LAUREN E Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $116,042.27 Date 01/07/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRANCO, VICTOR E, JR Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $107,343.07 Date 03/20/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KANG, INBONG Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $101,693.06 Date 01/06/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MERTZ, JOHN R Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $97,165.31 Date 11/06/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDEN, EDWARD V Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $95,891.19 Date 05/08/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KUZNIAK, PATRICE J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $84,591.04 Date 08/27/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAYLOR, ALFRED Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $83,650.58 Date 01/01/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNG, DAVID A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $80,250.35 Date 02/08/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC HUGH, AUDREY E Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $79,600.86 Date 09/04/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PATTANAPANCHAI, MANEECHIT Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $78,090.73 Date 01/11/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RISLER, JOSHUA P Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $77,547.17 Date 08/11/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HATCHER, THOMAS M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $77,333.71 Date 01/23/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'KEEFE, SEAN C Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $76,590.77 Date 12/13/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, ERIN L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $76,590.77 Date 09/10/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDEN, MATTHEW D Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $76,382.24 Date 01/03/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEWART, SANDRA G Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $75,249.52 Date 01/02/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HESS, FRANKLIN Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $66,542.84 Date 05/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARTLETT, BRIAN E Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $65,816.25 Date 09/08/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEVINE, DEBRA R Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $63,890.69 Date 06/17/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HATA, MINORU Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $62,921.86 Date 09/28/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name UNDERWOOD, ISABELLA Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $62,365.71 Date 01/10/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURGER, PAMELA M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $61,684.57 Date 12/14/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHIERA, JUDE M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $61,379.92 Date 08/24/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FREEMAN, CLINTON L, JR Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $60,528.26 Date 08/07/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYLE, ASHLEY M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $58,294.46 Date 11/03/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOOD, RHONDA M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $58,128.98 Date 01/01/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BELL-TEMPLE, EARNESTINE M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $57,267.34 Date 03/02/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERRICK, STEPHANIE L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $57,057.34 Date 07/18/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HODGKINS, THOMAS W Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $56,530.73 Date 09/03/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEIGMAN, MATTHEW G Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $54,099.23 Date 01/03/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLYNN, BERNADETTE A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $53,385.03 Date 03/27/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOWALSKI, CHRISTINE H Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $53,020.35 Date 01/04/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AVERY, CARTER Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $52,678.86 Date 04/23/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAJIANI, SELENA K Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $50,462.07 Date 11/26/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RESNICK, TAMMY L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $50,164.65 Date 02/08/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FAHSEL, BRAD J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $50,118.07 Date 06/25/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GATT, JONATHAN A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $49,926.36 Date 10/29/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOCK, ANDREW J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $48,816.97 Date 01/02/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEPHENS, SEAN J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $48,816.97 Date 01/03/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYAN, KAREN M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $48,202.43 Date 01/01/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAMRATH, JESSICA J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $48,067.22 Date 03/23/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOORE, HEATHER R Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $47,732.15 Date 03/04/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KINCAID, PATRICIA J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $47,461.18 Date 10/08/1974 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANDERSON, ELIZABETH R Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $46,014.93 Date 07/09/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEAL, BARBARA J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $44,925.94 Date 02/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALLEN, NANCY L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $44,678.80 Date 02/19/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KONATE, MARIETOU Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $44,674.80 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOUIS, LAHMAR A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $44,674.80 Date 01/25/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC GOUGH, TAHLIL R Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $44,674.80 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOUNTS, WESLEY J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $44,674.80 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUEDA, MARIELLA D Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $42,114.02 Date 12/03/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WRIGHT, MAREA N Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $41,561.37 Date 01/07/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ENGWER, BENJAMIN L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $39,290.51 Date 01/26/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PACILEO, CHRISTOPHER A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $39,290.51 Date 09/02/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILIAN, COLLEEN M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $39,139.15 Date 12/29/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, DEBBIE A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $38,607.37 Date 05/20/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIRRO, JONATHAN A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $38,068.12 Date 03/08/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE CIRCE, NICHOLAS R Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $37,895.52 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LORD, STEPHANIE C Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $37,895.52 Date 06/02/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHEARER, ANTHONY J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $36,319.55 Date 10/13/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name IRBY, SHAUNTEA E Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $36,115.56 Date 05/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FERGUSON, MISTY S Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $35,696.39 Date 07/30/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRIEND, CHRISTOPHER T Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $35,517.61 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZAHAKOS, SARAH Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $35,331.59 Date 06/06/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MUJANOVIC, DERVISA Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $33,846.60 Date 03/22/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EATMAN, CURTIS M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $33,012.10 Date 01/28/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARPER, BETTY L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $32,942.75 Date 02/05/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAILLARGEON, MARK T Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $32,910.60 Date 03/07/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOUNKO, DMITRY Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $32,835.72 Date 01/04/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HERCULES, KEISHA C Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $32,371.82 Date 07/31/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURSTEIN, SUSAN R Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $29,421.86 Date 01/01/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAYLOR, PAULA J Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $26,995.32 Date 02/02/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FOWLES, SADE A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $26,722.21 Date 01/15/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOVATO, MARIE Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $25,558.21 Date 08/22/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MITCHELL, LATIA V Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $19,413.59 Date 02/11/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUTLER, JASMIN C Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $17,794.42 Date 03/23/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HANLEY, AMANDA B Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $16,200.09 Date 01/25/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HART, TERRI S Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $16,016.39 Date 01/14/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OLIVO, WENDY L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $14,585.55 Date 12/06/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HANSEN, LORI L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $13,931.16 Date 05/16/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STRUSS, BARBARA H Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $9,540.86 Date 02/02/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURKE, BURGUNDY-RA F Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $8,875.59 Date 01/03/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MINECONZO, DUSTIN Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $8,875.59 Date 01/03/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARITONANG, ELIZABETH O Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $7,726.79 Date 01/04/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HENDERSON, MATTHEW T Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $7,579.11 Date 01/02/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAGRAMIAN, CASSANDRA M Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $6,881.05 Date 05/22/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEWIS, RENEE S Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $6,881.05 Date 01/03/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REIMER, ERIC P Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $6,144.64 Date 01/26/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FAY, STEPHANIE K Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $5,155.03 Date 01/17/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WINTERMUTE, JENNIFER S Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $3,313.95 Date 06/06/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MALEHAK, NATASHA L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $2,727.10 Date 02/21/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GHUMAN, ZEENAT Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $161.10 Date 09/07/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PLEYDLE, STEVEN A Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $142,170.86 Date 05/21/1981 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, MICHAEL L Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $138,475.87 Date 04/01/1998 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOWER, REBECCA P Employer name Assembly Ways & Means Committ Amount $136,934.98 Date 05/31/1984 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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