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 SEMONE, GIGI R Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $156,338.72 Date 07/16/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WRIGHT, DAVID J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $153,965.77 Date 06/30/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAMILTON, EDWARD J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $153,332.56 Date 07/12/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JANISZEWSKI, JEFF P Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $147,316.22 Date 05/12/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RUIZ, LENNOX W Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $139,678.46 Date 11/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LANDRY, GAVIN B Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $137,857.53 Date 03/19/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GREENSPAN, BARRY W Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $137,566.26 Date 08/26/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILL, ARNOLD J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $132,941.93 Date 09/05/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WATSON, MATTHEW C Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $130,633.15 Date 02/02/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REGAN, THOMAS P Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $125,194.61 Date 11/02/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COSTOPOULOS, CHRISTINE J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $125,167.29 Date 11/10/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBERTS, JAMES B, JR Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $125,147.15 Date 09/26/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAWRENCE, RAYMOND H Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $123,930.89 Date 11/13/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THELEN, JANE D Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $123,930.89 Date 05/23/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLUM, HELEN S Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $123,835.55 Date 01/26/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUGHES, BRENDAN C Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $122,656.86 Date 02/06/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HELD, JAMES R Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $120,884.00 Date 07/07/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHECHTER, MARVIN L Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $120,157.38 Date 03/12/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILKIE, KAY A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $118,888.48 Date 02/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MURPHY, LAWRENCE M, JR Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $118,419.39 Date 08/04/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILSON, MARKEY A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $115,794.02 Date 05/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOEFFHAAS, JEROME M Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $115,786.16 Date 08/19/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ESPOSITO, VINCENT J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $115,200.36 Date 03/24/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HALL, LESLEY A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $114,813.61 Date 10/29/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIDLEY, MICHAEL P Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $112,677.93 Date 07/18/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAPOINTE, GEORGE A, JR Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $112,312.12 Date 01/14/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PONCE, WENDELL RAMAT Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $112,312.12 Date 01/29/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC GEE, DARREN P Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $111,687.43 Date 11/17/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FU, CECILE W Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $111,062.12 Date 12/13/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KOWALEWSKI, EDWARD S Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $111,062.12 Date 04/01/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIRON, ROBERT J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $109,812.12 Date 04/29/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MEAD, CAROL A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $109,727.45 Date 01/03/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RODRIGUEZ, J ANTONIO Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $108,114.23 Date 01/22/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLYNN, DWIGHT T Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $106,063.36 Date 02/04/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VANDELOO, JOHN Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $105,480.03 Date 10/17/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARRY, DANIEL J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $103,469.65 Date 05/16/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GROBER, BRENDA S Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $102,259.81 Date 01/03/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BATTIBULLI, LINDA Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $102,209.86 Date 11/07/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FLYNN, THERESA A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $102,106.53 Date 06/10/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GEE, JOHN E Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $101,244.70 Date 06/20/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PERRINE, MARY ANN T Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $101,202.31 Date 11/16/1976 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEVINE, BONNIE A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $99,513.06 Date 03/24/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROMAN, JOSEPH R Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $99,468.32 Date 03/01/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MACHUNG, RICHARD J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $98,833.69 Date 11/03/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GOLDING, STEPHEN M Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $98,373.73 Date 08/14/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCRIPTURE, BRIAN E Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $97,992.62 Date 06/27/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAMBERGER, KATHRYN A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $97,645.58 Date 09/26/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RADIER, CHARLES O Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $97,052.18 Date 08/17/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BASCH, URSULA J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $96,942.51 Date 04/13/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ANSARI, BRIAN Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $95,713.34 Date 10/21/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRIMINGHAM, LORA D Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $94,311.32 Date 03/06/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BESONG, MATTHEW T Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $93,945.84 Date 09/15/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FALCONE, JOSEPH A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $93,945.84 Date 10/06/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARKER, GREGORY G Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $93,945.84 Date 08/05/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHANNON, CYNTHIA M Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $92,695.84 Date 03/11/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FERGUSON, WILLIAM D Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $91,445.84 Date 08/12/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOKEM, KENNETH C Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $91,356.15 Date 10/25/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SIRIANNI, DIEGO A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $91,331.08 Date 01/07/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PALMER, PAMELA G Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $89,266.81 Date 09/10/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'CONNOR, DOLORES A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $87,131.57 Date 08/02/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAILMAN, GREGORY C Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $86,388.09 Date 07/10/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SUTTON, LISA I Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $85,265.13 Date 08/26/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WICKHAM, SUZANNE H Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $84,197.31 Date 07/09/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOLL, JUDITH M Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $83,785.71 Date 01/22/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALFRED, CRAIG D Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $82,932.53 Date 01/15/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VAN COUR, SHERI L Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $82,408.74 Date 12/28/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MESSMER, BONNIE A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $81,846.56 Date 01/23/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CANN, CHRISTINE P Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $81,835.32 Date 07/24/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BEINE, LORETTA Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $81,381.89 Date 03/08/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CASULLO, ERIN M Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $79,740.08 Date 06/03/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAQUERIZO, KELLY L Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $79,529.31 Date 01/20/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ONDERCHAIN, ALLAN L Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $79,310.89 Date 09/06/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAURO, JAMES E Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $78,933.76 Date 11/17/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARTOSIK, LAURA A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $77,081.27 Date 05/29/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MYLREA, GAVIN G Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $76,640.82 Date 08/27/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EMANUEL, RAYMOND Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $75,739.27 Date 09/18/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YARUSSO, LISA C Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $75,656.05 Date 06/27/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YEE, BETTE Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $75,099.35 Date 07/05/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZIN, MEME A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $74,897.45 Date 07/07/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARIAS, ILIANA Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $74,726.39 Date 10/15/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KHALIL, AHMED R Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $74,582.81 Date 10/12/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VILLANUEVA, ALEJANDRA I Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $74,160.57 Date 09/10/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FINN, D MARISA Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $73,510.58 Date 04/24/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GETSON, ALVEN Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $73,505.59 Date 06/28/1973 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REDMOND, ROSEMARY E Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $73,505.59 Date 11/02/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHEFFEL, ERIC W Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $73,505.59 Date 05/04/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, DEBRA Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $73,303.21 Date 03/13/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LADOPOULOS, NICOLE M Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $72,082.45 Date 07/17/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PASOS, HEIDI S Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $71,310.36 Date 11/03/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSEN, STEPHANIE L Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $71,143.07 Date 09/10/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DI BIASE, BENNY J Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $65,170.20 Date 06/02/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RIVAS, RITA Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $64,970.49 Date 09/17/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BAH, ABDUL K Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $64,952.69 Date 07/08/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EBENHOCH, MARGARET Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $64,839.08 Date 06/01/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CULBREATH, ALAN R Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $63,941.10 Date 03/11/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARKE, ROBYN Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $63,872.14 Date 01/16/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARDY, NIKITA L Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $62,927.21 Date 03/23/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRAVIS, ANNA MARIE Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $61,759.96 Date 10/06/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SINAGRA, JACKLYN A Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $61,213.41 Date 08/08/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SIMON, NATIA O M Employer name Dept of Economic Development Amount $60,601.24 Date 01/20/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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