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 MANION, HONORA E Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $168,174.65 Date 05/01/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PLATTNER, ROBERT D Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $166,029.68 Date 05/05/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARZO, JOSEPH A Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $165,294.54 Date 11/08/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORRIS, ANDREW D Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $162,502.12 Date 04/06/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HILLER, AMANDA K Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $161,637.19 Date 09/14/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LIEBMAN, DEBORAH R Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $153,545.96 Date 02/13/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'LEARY, ARGIROULA K Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $151,825.01 Date 01/05/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHASZCZEWSKI, EDWARD M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $151,702.88 Date 04/28/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOSTERT, ERIC K Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $150,390.19 Date 05/16/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALARNEAU, BRIAN C Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $147,800.52 Date 06/10/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARNEVALE, STEVEN M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $145,768.13 Date 10/26/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DENCE, KRISTIN M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $144,114.23 Date 09/22/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAGGA, GOBINDER S Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $143,886.90 Date 04/28/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHAN, TOMMY Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $143,724.97 Date 10/13/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SWINK, CHARLES W, JR Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $143,530.56 Date 05/23/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRESSER, SCOTT H Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $142,474.97 Date 09/01/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYAN, MICHAEL P Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $142,226.00 Date 04/24/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAFRAN, EILEEN M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $141,224.97 Date 09/01/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, VARGHESE Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $141,224.97 Date 12/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCARPACE, MARIO F Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $140,672.57 Date 02/19/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAAS, BRIAN C Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,298.78 Date 01/24/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LONDON, C L Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,298.78 Date 07/11/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC EVOY, ANDREW T Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,298.78 Date 07/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VOLK, MARK F Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,298.78 Date 01/22/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BRUNT, JAMES M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,255.55 Date 10/13/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PALLADINO, SCOTT V Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,237.56 Date 01/01/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEMETER, DAVID J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,236.09 Date 11/09/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARBAGELATA, DAVID W Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,151.02 Date 07/09/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAHER, TIMOTHY J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,020.39 Date 09/06/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, GERARD J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,020.39 Date 08/27/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEAD, RICHARD C Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $139,000.96 Date 01/10/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADMIRE, JOSEPH E, JR Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $138,892.46 Date 06/04/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NAGENGAST, MARY ELLEN Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $138,172.57 Date 01/01/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ARNOLD, MARY AGNES Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $137,947.17 Date 04/18/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KATO, BRUCE K Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $136,963.14 Date 03/12/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LADOUCEUR, MARYELLEN Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $136,706.76 Date 09/03/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, MICHAEL J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $136,697.17 Date 02/18/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRAPANESE, MARCIA BLOCK Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $135,730.52 Date 01/14/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE CONNO, ALAN A Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $135,715.23 Date 01/01/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN DER LINDEN, JOSEPH F Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $135,488.98 Date 03/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NERI, MARGARET Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $133,300.98 Date 11/12/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SWINT, CYNTHIA E Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $133,252.39 Date 03/28/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MACURA, ELYSSA M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $133,192.52 Date 04/16/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PALDY, DAVID L Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $133,018.59 Date 02/08/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ELLIS, PETER K Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $132,679.17 Date 02/03/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PALUMBO, DENISE L Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $132,672.39 Date 10/27/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KENNESON, RAYMOND F Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $132,665.62 Date 12/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRONIN, ROBERT M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $132,282.07 Date 01/12/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CORMACK, JOHN J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $132,234.14 Date 02/28/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'DONNELL, DIANE Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $132,104.84 Date 05/17/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OSTWALD, BETH M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $132,031.76 Date 02/26/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAB, ANTHONY Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $131,134.90 Date 01/12/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEYER-TEAL, YVONNE T Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $130,274.69 Date 06/14/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHANAHAN, MICHAEL R Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $129,655.21 Date 09/01/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOBIS, JOHN S Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $128,954.25 Date 02/28/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DWYER, ANNMARIE D Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $128,243.92 Date 10/08/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CUEVAS, KATHLEEN Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $127,737.28 Date 12/23/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYNSKI, DIANE M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $126,155.06 Date 11/09/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLUMBERGS, ANDRIS Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,310.08 Date 05/15/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUCK, CORRINE K Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,310.08 Date 10/31/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CANN, BRIAN J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,310.08 Date 07/14/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VERDE, LESLIE Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,310.08 Date 03/28/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CAFFREY, JOHN J, JR Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,301.84 Date 10/08/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, NANCY E Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,273.17 Date 02/15/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDEN, CATHERINE M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,264.98 Date 03/19/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HELFANT, STEVEN Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,264.54 Date 04/04/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GLOGOWSKI, STEPHEN J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,198.56 Date 06/16/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CURRY, THOMAS E Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,147.86 Date 08/26/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARADA, MICHAEL W Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,096.95 Date 08/23/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DECONNO, KIM Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $125,042.36 Date 11/08/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARRINGER, MICHAEL E Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $124,945.92 Date 09/07/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LYSYCZYN, REGINA L Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $124,291.78 Date 03/12/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE BERRY, VALERIE J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $124,031.86 Date 03/31/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GERBERG, JOSEPH K Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $123,930.89 Date 07/31/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STARR, MARY BIRD Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $122,546.64 Date 04/29/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOOD, DANIEL G Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $122,543.98 Date 06/23/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PERINO, DAVID Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $121,959.37 Date 10/14/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CURTIS, CHRISTOPHER M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $121,698.09 Date 10/02/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, ANNE Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $121,258.41 Date 03/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAIO, JOHN F Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $120,951.14 Date 10/27/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARGRAVE, THEO J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $120,828.80 Date 09/13/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ORSZULAK, DENISE L Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $119,925.64 Date 06/25/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KNIPPER, LINDA M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $119,091.34 Date 11/16/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LECLAIR, RONALD Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $119,029.86 Date 06/26/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NELSON, WENDY Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $119,006.52 Date 10/01/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CURRY, JOYCE C Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $118,254.53 Date 11/30/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILKES, BARTON C Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,819.07 Date 11/15/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLETUS, RICHARD D Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,813.18 Date 09/20/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONNELLY, JAMES P Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,766.34 Date 10/22/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GANNON, DAVID C Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,766.34 Date 09/20/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOMPKINS, ROBERT J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,766.34 Date 07/08/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KORYCINSKI, KATHLEEN A Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,761.26 Date 02/08/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARRELLY, ROBERT C Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,746.37 Date 09/15/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NICKLES, DEBORAH A Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,525.45 Date 04/17/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHIESA, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $117,397.64 Date 02/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEHUNIAK, NICHOLAS A Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $116,689.79 Date 07/15/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KELLY, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $116,516.34 Date 06/16/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KERNER, TODD M Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $116,516.34 Date 07/28/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MASLYN, ROBERT A Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $116,516.34 Date 01/17/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, JOHN C Employer name Department of Tax & Finance Amount $116,516.34 Date 06/16/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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