When Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his proposed budget to legislators Tuesday, he made a joke about school superintendents who make more money than him.

Cuomo noted that 40 percent of all school superintendents make more than $200,000 a year and the top paid superintendent gets $386,000 in salary.

“I applied for that job,” Cuomo said. “I failed. I ran for governor.”

Kraig Pritts, superintendent of the Tully School District, chimed in on Twitter (@kdpritts).

“Don’t know what supt he referred to in his address but it was nobody I know in this area!,” his Twitter feed said.

If you are following along at home on this school snow day, you can do your own homework to see how much superintendents are paid.

A group called See Through NY made it easy.

Go to their website and find the database for school salaries.

For fun, choose the Syosset Central School District, of Long Island, from the drop-down menu under the box that says “agency/area.” Hit “go.” It will take a few seconds for a spreadsheet to appear. Click on the spreadsheet where it says “YTD pay” to rank the salaries highest to lowest.

You can see that Syosset Superintendent Carole Hankin made $485,246 last year, including her base salary and other pay. She is among the highest-paid public school administrators in the state, who are mostly her neighbors on Long Island, according to a Newsday analysis.

The highest-paid superintendent in the state last year was James Feltman, of Commack Union Free School District. He was paid $657,970 when he retired last year because he was paid for 185 days of unused sick leave, according to Newsday.

Pritts, of Tully, made $133,320 last year, the Website shows.

See Through NY has also collected copies of the superintendent and teacher contracts for you to browse. The group has also collected data from cities, counties, towns, villages, public authorities and other special government districts.

The governor, by the way, makes $179,000 a year. He took a voluntary 5 percent pay cut.

Note: It is also possible to search by employee name. The database does not allow you to search by simply typing “superintendent” in the “position” box. See Through NY did not collect titles for each employee. The information comes from the state retirement system.

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