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Today New Yorkers can search the complete 2011 state government payroll on SeeThroughNY.net, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. The database includes names, titles, base pay rates, and total pay received by the 288,539 people who worked in the state’s executive, legislative, or judicial branches at any point in calendar year 2011.
The data show:
– 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. For tables listing the 50 highest-paid employees by branch of state government in 2011, click here.
Users of SeeThroughNY can search or sort the database by name, agency, subagency, title, salary, and total earnings. The state payroll database now contains data for calendar years 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.
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