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 BARKMAN, MICHAEL R Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $195,029.88 Date 08/02/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, DOREEN M Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $171,934.68 Date 04/03/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name QUIST, JAMES D Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $171,175.71 Date 05/23/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEINKE, JASON Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $166,490.00 Date 11/17/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SWINARSKI, PAUL A Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $157,205.95 Date 05/10/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CHUNG, STEVE W Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $157,085.38 Date 07/25/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, BRIAN M Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $156,509.38 Date 12/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MAHONEY, THOMAS P Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $154,676.42 Date 11/01/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CORKER, MELVIN Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $153,333.46 Date 07/19/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SMITH, BRANDON J Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $148,356.29 Date 06/15/1978 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOVIGH, FRANK N Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $142,558.86 Date 01/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOTY, BRIAN K Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $141,766.24 Date 04/02/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM H Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $141,513.29 Date 06/11/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLWELL, STEVEN M Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $138,310.24 Date 04/18/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RICHARDSON, LARRY S Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $136,731.44 Date 08/29/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GUERRIERO, VICTOR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $136,297.75 Date 05/21/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROSS, KIT E Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $135,977.10 Date 09/07/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COSTELLO, HAROLD J, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $135,338.35 Date 02/09/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOLLAND, PATRICK Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $133,746.44 Date 01/31/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEVINS, DANIEL J Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $130,148.69 Date 05/16/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STALEY, MICHAL P Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $129,061.61 Date 06/09/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETERSON, HERMAN J, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $128,195.32 Date 11/27/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SHANAGHER, BRIAN Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $126,763.60 Date 06/02/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MULLEN, SCOTT R Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $126,234.43 Date 08/29/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TRUDELL, ROBERT A, SR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $125,189.59 Date 01/25/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FREDRICKSON, DONALD W Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $124,513.47 Date 10/30/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GALIOTO, DANIEL L Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $124,088.04 Date 01/23/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STOREY, MARSHALL V Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $123,223.42 Date 01/23/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DAVIS, RICHARD N JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $122,782.79 Date 07/18/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SYED, SADAF Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $122,554.31 Date 02/14/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STONE, JAMES R Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $122,382.91 Date 05/08/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RILEY, WILLIAM K, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $122,196.34 Date 12/12/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name VINCENT, DALE E Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $121,113.34 Date 09/03/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLE, KAREN M Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $120,488.36 Date 01/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PARRY, CHRISTOPHER T Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $119,555.52 Date 10/16/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CAPUTO, JOHN D Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $118,023.83 Date 05/22/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BASEN, DONALD T Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $117,557.70 Date 06/07/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAFOUNTAIN, LOWELL H, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $116,555.55 Date 10/17/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RATCHFORD, JOANN Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $116,455.67 Date 01/07/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DE PEAUX, JOEL H Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $116,252.30 Date 11/16/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KNUTSEN, JESSE L Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $116,100.64 Date 09/26/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WALKER, DAVID J, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $116,048.03 Date 09/07/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PETRIE, SEAN C Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $115,905.26 Date 06/07/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KING, CECIL Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $114,322.02 Date 10/30/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAMMOND, MARIE B Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $113,438.07 Date 01/07/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEINBACH, FRANCIS A, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $113,314.25 Date 08/24/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MC GUINNESS, THOMAS J Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $113,297.13 Date 10/18/1982 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEE, MICHAEL J Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $112,537.18 Date 11/13/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBERTS, WILLIAM C, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $112,140.37 Date 12/15/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CATINA, RAYMOND P Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $111,939.95 Date 03/16/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HARRIS, MARK A Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $111,802.94 Date 05/17/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'CONNOR, AIDAN S Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $110,479.88 Date 07/13/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LIFFORD, BRIAN Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $110,177.36 Date 01/26/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MIX, LINDA L Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $109,684.23 Date 04/01/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TURNER, RONALD L Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $109,659.14 Date 08/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BUNCH, RODDY J Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $108,904.34 Date 05/18/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BLAIR, LAWRENCE M Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $108,736.80 Date 08/28/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DIMICK, SANDRA A Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $108,650.23 Date 03/24/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DICKERMAN, LEO F Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $108,312.72 Date 08/21/1977 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STEPHENS, CYNTHIA R Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $108,007.35 Date 02/20/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SEAMON, CHRISTOPHER L Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $107,460.77 Date 11/27/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOWARD, EARLEEN E Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $106,826.23 Date 04/19/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name POTTER, ROWLAND L Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $106,270.89 Date 05/22/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name YOUNG, DAVID P Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $106,001.17 Date 06/01/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FARRELL, MARK D Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $105,785.20 Date 03/03/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ADAMS, PETER G Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $105,712.38 Date 08/08/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name FERRIER, JEFFREY Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $105,354.54 Date 09/28/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HOOTEN, ROBERT R Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $104,967.00 Date 07/13/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PANZA, CHARLES P Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $104,904.85 Date 01/06/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name COLEMAN, ERIC N Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $103,983.91 Date 08/07/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JACKSON, SHAWN M Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $103,589.93 Date 03/01/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SANTIAGO, JOSE A Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $102,581.52 Date 02/02/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROPETER, JEFFREY A Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $102,139.52 Date 11/04/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRICE, WILLIAM Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $101,907.14 Date 02/01/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DERWAY, ROGER A Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $101,026.19 Date 09/07/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARROLL, THOMAS V, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $100,859.06 Date 02/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name GIBBONS, HOWARD W, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $100,655.29 Date 05/15/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BROOKS, CHRISTOPHER S Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $100,021.73 Date 07/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PRYOR, PATRICE S Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $99,829.97 Date 01/07/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name TOLMIE, CHARLES D Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $99,597.49 Date 05/10/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LEONARDO, KRISTOFER L Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $99,298.42 Date 05/23/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MILLER, RAMON E Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $99,297.79 Date 03/21/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SCHEITINGER, JOHN W Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $99,057.66 Date 05/09/1983 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name JOHNSON, TRACY L Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $98,947.91 Date 05/29/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NEWSOM, BLAKE E Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $97,871.14 Date 01/05/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MCGIBBON, IAIAN D Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $97,614.71 Date 11/20/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DOUGLAS, DAVID M Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $97,519.76 Date 07/05/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CURRY, JAMES W Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $97,475.24 Date 05/03/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name KLEITZ, EDWARD N, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $97,231.66 Date 03/31/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LAMPOUTIS, BOBBY Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $97,164.59 Date 06/14/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HENDERSON, KEITH A Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $96,739.97 Date 09/19/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CARD, BRETT D Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $96,594.28 Date 09/28/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MULTARI, SALVATORE Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $96,209.98 Date 11/13/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BERTHOTY, LOUIS J, JR Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $96,175.28 Date 06/27/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MERO, MICHAEL W Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $95,962.45 Date 11/06/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name CORDOVA, WILFREDO, II Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $95,440.02 Date 07/10/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name STARKE, STEVEN A Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $95,400.25 Date 10/25/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name LA VENTURE, ROBERT K Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $95,379.11 Date 03/21/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ROBINSON, DERRICK Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $95,196.18 Date 07/22/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMAS, RICHARD H Employer name Greene Corr Facility Amount $94,620.01 Date 10/30/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System

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