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Charles Epps is shown in a 2013 file photo. Epps has reason to smile: the former Jersey City schools superintendent's annual pension is $195,000 - tied for the highest among public retirees in the state.

(Alyssa Ki/The Jersey Journal)

In 2010, 992 retired New Jersey public employees pulled in a pension of at least $100,000 per year.

By the end of 2013, that figure had swelled to 1,731 — an increase of about 75 percent.

A new report from New Jersey Watchdog goes into detail on exactly who is getting a six-figure annual payout in retirement, although some still hold other tax-payer funded positions.

The Watchdog report comes after it was revealed that the state's pension fund is in a $47 billion hole.

Two retirees are each receiving $195,000 per year — former Jersey City school superintendent Charles Epps and retired Essex County College president A. Zachary Yamba.

Meanwhile, Paterson is paying 34 former employees pensions of at least $100,000, the most of any entity in the state. Bergen County and Hoboken are doling out $100,000 or more to 26 people apiece, according to New Jersey Watchdog.

More than 45 percent of the members in what New Jersey Watchdog calls the "100K club" are retired fire and police — 794 of the 1,731. Another 527, slightly more than 30 percent, paid into the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund.

Here is the list of 1,731 retirees who are paid pensions of $100,000 or more.

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