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 SMITH, DAVID P Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $134,225.15 Date 08/13/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOUCETTE, GEORGE A, JR Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $125,310.08 Date 08/15/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FRECHETTE, MARK E Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $125,310.08 Date 06/25/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KAINE, SIDNEY C Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $125,217.97 Date 09/06/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRASER, DIANA L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $122,217.56 Date 06/30/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEXTON, JOHN F Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $118,629.68 Date 07/14/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COVERT, CHRISTOPHER P Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $113,450.46 Date 08/13/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUYDER, WILLIAM T Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $113,450.46 Date 09/15/1966 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name UNOBAGHA, EZIKA O Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $111,069.99 Date 08/23/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIEDMAN, CHARLES L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $111,062.12 Date 10/17/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HANSEN, ERIC W Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $111,003.22 Date 01/13/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, ROBERT L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $110,894.86 Date 05/21/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EL-TURK, JAMAL F Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $110,684.69 Date 01/04/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUCK, ERIC J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $109,772.12 Date 09/23/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREGG, RUSSELL E Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $109,697.10 Date 05/17/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CRONKWRIGHT, JOHN P Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $107,700.34 Date 05/24/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, DIANA F Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $107,243.15 Date 09/20/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RODRIGUEZ, HECTOR E Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $105,843.24 Date 07/07/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARMON, JAMES M Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $104,456.61 Date 03/01/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name OLEARY, KATHLEEN Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $103,641.57 Date 05/31/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLAKLEY, RONALD F Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $99,480.75 Date 02/25/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARMLEY, ELIZABETH H Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $99,403.63 Date 06/02/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONLEY, DENNIS C Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $99,126.92 Date 08/01/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CILENTO, EUGENE P Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $98,993.04 Date 06/14/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BOWER, KURT M Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $98,626.92 Date 06/07/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DECIRCE, NICHOLAS J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $98,626.92 Date 12/08/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JONES, DANIEL H Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $98,626.92 Date 11/21/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MACIE, MARTIN J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $98,626.92 Date 06/30/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REICHERT, JOHN G Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $98,626.92 Date 05/28/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMODEI, ANTHONY J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $97,876.92 Date 04/09/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DZIERGAS, JANET M Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $97,376.92 Date 06/29/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEFFERNAN, DANIEL J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $97,376.92 Date 10/24/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LYMAN, WALTER G Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $97,376.92 Date 07/07/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SALLIN, JOSEPH V Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $97,376.92 Date 05/24/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCZERBANIEWICZ, ERIC J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $97,359.16 Date 06/11/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DUSSING, JAMES M Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $97,135.55 Date 08/11/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUFFMAN, NICHOLAS R Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $96,834.92 Date 08/27/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HANN, DAVID Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $96,563.56 Date 05/27/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BATES, SCOTT R Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $96,126.92 Date 10/29/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLS, DOUGLAS K Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $96,067.35 Date 08/31/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOMPKINS, JAMES F Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $96,065.21 Date 01/18/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BIERUT, THOMAS E Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $94,300.33 Date 08/01/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORRISON, FREDERICK G Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $94,224.86 Date 05/23/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CORR, TRAVIS R Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $94,108.65 Date 08/11/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TESTA, FREDERICO E Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $93,800.33 Date 04/04/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ABRAHAM, RUSSELL Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $93,671.15 Date 07/03/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAKER, TIMOTHY L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $93,050.04 Date 11/12/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEELE, RICHARD S Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $92,695.84 Date 06/20/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WASHBURN, MICHAEL R Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $92,640.80 Date 06/02/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN GORDER, KEITH D Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $92,411.98 Date 09/23/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BELL, CYNTHIA E Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $91,816.08 Date 02/28/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MOORE, EILEEN R Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $91,051.82 Date 02/04/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHIRO, WILLIAM J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $90,980.01 Date 12/05/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILBUR, WILLIAM E, JR Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $90,715.39 Date 07/01/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'NEIL, RICHARD A Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $90,686.51 Date 08/29/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HONIS, MARK C Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $90,246.66 Date 05/01/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HASSAN, MD M Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $90,186.51 Date 08/25/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARK, RANDALL J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $89,846.10 Date 05/02/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUSH, MARK B Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $89,308.93 Date 08/14/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALLERANI, MICHAEL A Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $89,249.80 Date 10/12/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RYAN, MICHAEL J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $88,953.78 Date 01/02/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BILLION, KELLY A, MRS Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $88,562.53 Date 04/25/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRACEY, JAMES L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $88,471.79 Date 01/24/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEAGHER, RYAN J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $88,273.62 Date 06/02/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUGG, ROBERT W Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $88,001.64 Date 11/09/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DECKER, JAMES R Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $87,960.96 Date 01/04/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEARDSLEY, EDMOND D Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $87,054.78 Date 09/02/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROSCH, FRANK J, III Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $86,577.30 Date 09/14/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORLANDO, MICHAEL J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $86,550.67 Date 05/23/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAWCZAK, RICHARD M Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $86,535.51 Date 08/24/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TALBOT, TIMOTHY C Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $86,519.38 Date 08/10/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ST AMOUR, PAUL A Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $86,468.95 Date 02/23/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLINT, JOSEPH L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $85,295.18 Date 11/03/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANDERSON, MAHLAH R Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $84,539.13 Date 06/02/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O DONNELL, MARTIN A Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $84,130.15 Date 02/26/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LOVELL, BRIAN T Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $83,916.50 Date 01/29/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WEAVER, DANIEL F, JR Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $82,912.39 Date 10/25/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DARATT, RANDALL C Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $82,466.04 Date 10/17/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NORTON, MARK A Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $82,306.36 Date 07/28/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PLANTZ, KATHLEEN M Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $82,195.69 Date 06/29/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHURCH, JEFFREY D Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $81,791.58 Date 04/09/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MALLINGER, JAMES E Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $81,569.23 Date 07/15/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WAY, KEITH J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $81,495.75 Date 10/26/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MCAUSLAN, JEFFREY Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $81,184.55 Date 06/03/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEWITT, GEORGE H, JR Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $81,136.75 Date 03/24/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAGGETT, FREDERICK L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $81,030.59 Date 10/01/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CONSTABLE, DAVID D Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,995.75 Date 07/27/1962 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COX, CHRISTOPHER P Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,995.75 Date 07/10/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FORBES, ROBERT A Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,995.75 Date 06/10/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KILLIAN, TIMOTHY G Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,995.75 Date 06/30/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETRELLA, DANIEL C Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,995.75 Date 09/06/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETROZZI, ARTHUR D Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,995.75 Date 05/24/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KING, MATTHEW C Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,515.97 Date 07/24/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAURER, REBECCA M Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,245.75 Date 04/27/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LIPFERT, TERESA L Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $80,149.03 Date 11/01/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HICKEY, MITCHELL E Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $79,896.38 Date 11/02/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KROL, JOHN D Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $79,885.69 Date 05/21/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHEID, JOHN W Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $79,772.97 Date 09/06/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUZZELLI, DAVID J Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $79,745.75 Date 10/24/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CABE, PATRICK T Employer name Dept Transportation Region 3 Amount $79,745.75 Date 05/28/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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