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Office of the New York State Comptroller

State Payroll Services

Payroll Profile

  • More than 267,000 employees paid biweekly
  • $15.1 billion annual payroll
  • $3.2 billion in annual tax withholding
  • $1.62 billion in annual vendor payments
  • $64.9 million annually in garnishments
  • 338,000 W-2s distributed annually
  • 66 unions; 120 negotiating units
  • 753 payment types
  • 7 retirement systems
  • 6 salary grade schedules
  • 300 State agencies - 561 payrolls
  • 324 interfaces
  • Weekly pay cycle (alternates between Administration and Institution payrolls)
  • 2,400 users of the Payroll System