SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s government transparency website, Tuesday updated their publicly available database to include 2011 state government payroll information.
The database includes names, titles, base pay rates, and total pay received by New York state’s executive branch in 2011.
You can view the entire database for 2011 and previous years and look up salaries by name or agency.
The data shows that the highest paid employee in state government was Alain E. Kaloyeros, the Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at SUNY Albany. His pay totaled over $792,000 in 2011. He has been a top-5 earner since 2009.
1,252 state employees earned more than the Governor’s $179,000 salary, 256 more than in 2010.
At $102,677, the New York State Police had the highest average earnings among Executive branch agencies (excluding SUNY & CUNY).
Not reflected in the data are costs of pensions, health insurance for employees and retirees, and other benefits.
Users can search or sort the database by name and agency for calendar years 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.
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