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 FISHBEIN, JONATHAN S Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $116,877.87 Date 12/31/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EVANS, JOEL Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $110,724.96 Date 11/01/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HESSE, ERIC J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $101,326.38 Date 03/04/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARKE, WILLIAM B Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $98,269.14 Date 10/04/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSENFIELD, TODD D Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $88,565.08 Date 04/30/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIUSEFFI, DANIEL J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $87,803.31 Date 02/16/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POMERANCE, BENJAMIN P Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $86,388.09 Date 04/18/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROGERS, JAMES J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $85,409.93 Date 06/30/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOAN, KIMBERLY S Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $82,581.06 Date 06/08/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name AMICO, MARK J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $82,516.61 Date 07/31/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HALL, ELIZABETH G Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $82,380.02 Date 10/05/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CESAR, JEFFREY M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $80,129.44 Date 04/20/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHAKOT, JASON K Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $77,843.18 Date 09/02/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CANDEE, HARRY R Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $77,247.69 Date 03/16/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WONG, DESIREE Y Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $76,557.90 Date 08/25/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROWN, HAROLD R Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $75,309.97 Date 12/18/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBINSON, KEITH A Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $73,707.40 Date 11/15/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KELLOGG, SUSAN J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $73,505.59 Date 09/09/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TANNER, PAMELA J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $73,505.59 Date 04/12/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GHARZOUZI, NICOLAS G Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $72,257.67 Date 04/25/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JUSTIAN, KEVIN E Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $72,255.59 Date 04/13/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KINN, TRACY R Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $72,255.59 Date 08/16/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAHONEY, BRENNAN P Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $72,219.40 Date 02/22/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLACK, ANTHONY S Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $71,958.43 Date 10/26/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROMESSER, PAUL J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $71,360.12 Date 08/01/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOGAN, MELISSA J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $71,031.70 Date 05/18/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HENDERSON, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $70,991.15 Date 12/15/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ECKSTROM, RONALD J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $70,988.83 Date 10/27/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIERCE, TIMOTHY J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $70,939.09 Date 03/23/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PENTLAND, BRUCE G Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $70,933.76 Date 11/01/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SAS, LEONARD S, JR Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $70,918.95 Date 11/01/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAWSON, ARTHUR D, JR Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $70,877.61 Date 09/30/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REECE, TRACIE L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $70,877.61 Date 08/08/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHADDOCK, JASON Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $69,070.78 Date 05/13/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CANESTARO, JOHN A, III Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $68,893.00 Date 04/16/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ACEVEDO, RUBEN, JR Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $68,438.89 Date 10/06/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAY, JACQUELINE I Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $67,589.53 Date 08/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'NEIL, COREY N Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $66,526.30 Date 04/14/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VANWAGNER, SHARON L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $64,860.69 Date 07/30/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALSTON, STEVEN D Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $64,835.04 Date 12/22/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALKER, JEREMY L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $64,272.77 Date 04/18/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEWIS, DEBORAH A Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $63,168.58 Date 10/13/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, TROY D Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $63,032.72 Date 08/04/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC CLAIN, LISA L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $62,398.22 Date 03/04/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DALRYMPLE, GEORGE R Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $61,937.78 Date 09/20/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, ELLEN M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $61,881.71 Date 03/09/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MORRIS, LAURA L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $61,358.45 Date 03/31/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NOSBISCH, LINDA Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $61,305.47 Date 12/17/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name QUAY, MARY A Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $60,599.78 Date 09/09/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ALCANTARA, WELBY Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $59,517.70 Date 08/27/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROSNAN, MICHAEL Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $59,007.80 Date 05/01/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JESSAMY-CALLISTE, DIANA Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $58,969.75 Date 05/02/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRABOW, DIXIE L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $58,844.28 Date 06/10/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBERTS, VICTOR H Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $58,168.37 Date 07/17/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DEBELL, WALTER D Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $57,559.66 Date 11/05/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SUAREZ, EDWIN, JR Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $57,320.46 Date 01/08/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WAKLATSI, TYRONE G Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $57,041.78 Date 01/14/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WOODSON, MORGAN Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $57,041.78 Date 12/04/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SOLLOHUB, MARK R Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $56,432.74 Date 10/21/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEIFERTH, PAULINE Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $55,999.82 Date 02/05/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DONALDSON, JEREMY R Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $54,546.68 Date 12/17/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMASELLI, GINA M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $53,549.32 Date 01/13/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JONES, BOBBI JO Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $53,441.90 Date 07/10/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BANYI, DIANE Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $52,088.44 Date 08/30/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BURNS, DIANE M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $51,913.56 Date 08/04/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RADOS, JUDITH L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $48,148.07 Date 08/28/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TAYLOR, LAURIE A Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $48,148.07 Date 10/23/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, DEBORAH A Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $47,533.96 Date 08/17/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEVENSON, AMBER A Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $47,116.91 Date 08/03/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MALLACH, JORDANNA B Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $46,483.10 Date 07/26/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARKER, CHARLENE Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $44,077.72 Date 03/15/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEIMAN, CHRISTINA L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $43,892.97 Date 06/04/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOTE, PAUL E Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $43,148.51 Date 10/29/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RODRIGUEZ, BETSY J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $38,462.60 Date 10/18/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GRAYSON, JOELLA M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $38,124.49 Date 04/08/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name REVANDER, VICKI P Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $33,224.13 Date 06/05/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MONCADA, ARIEL C Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $31,179.66 Date 04/02/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STUTZ, ROBERT T Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $30,524.61 Date 08/30/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEPANIK, MARY E Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $29,158.76 Date 11/21/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAC COLL, SHANNON R Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $28,997.16 Date 09/19/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PLUMERI, MATTHEW V Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $27,799.28 Date 07/28/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PIETRO, MICHAEL C Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $25,890.47 Date 04/17/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CURRY, JANET Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $20,273.88 Date 03/02/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CLARKE, DEVON L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $20,198.12 Date 02/24/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIAMOND, PEACHES L Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $20,158.57 Date 12/03/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBERTS, OTHELLA S Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $18,088.99 Date 05/17/1979 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PABON, PAUL J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $18,057.33 Date 08/09/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, WILLIAM Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $10,186.43 Date 12/29/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RODRIGUEZ, CATARINO M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $9,758.62 Date 02/11/2016 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DISPENZA, LORI M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $9,305.55 Date 02/27/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC DONNELL, JOSEPH Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $7,938.54 Date 01/26/2017 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YARBROUGH, KIM M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $4,941.63 Date 01/27/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHERRY, ROBERT B Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $3,838.10 Date 09/10/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POTTER, ANDREA D Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $3,770.04 Date 09/30/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KUSTER-SMITH, KIMBERLY M Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $802.34 Date 09/15/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SIMON, WILLIAM J Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $608.16 Date 12/18/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE CASTRO, MARK A Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $600.15 Date 02/04/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBINSON, LAWRENCE T, JR Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $297.50 Date 02/18/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HILES, RONALD G Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $168.84 Date 02/06/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EVANS, JOEL Employer name Division of Veterans' Affairs Amount $108,553.88 Date 11/01/2007 Fiscal year 2015-16 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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