New York state government salary

New York Salaries

Total state expenditures: $234.8 billion (2024 estimate)

This page describes the compensation for state government officeholders in New York.

Legislator salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries

State legislative salaries, 2024
Salary	Per diem
$142,000/year	The exact amount members receive for per diem is unknown.

State executive salaries

See also: Compensation of state executive officers

Office and current official	Salary
Governor of New York Kathy Hochul	$250,000
Lieutenant Governor of New York Antonio Delgado	$210,000
Attorney General of New York Letitia James	$220,000
New York Secretary of State Walter Mosley	$194,182
New York Public Service Commission James Alesi	$205,000
New York Commissioner of Agriculture Richard A. Ball	$200,000
New York Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets Richard Ball
New York Public Service Commission Uchenna Bright	$205,000
New York Public Service Commission Rory M. Christian	$205,000
New York Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli	$220,000
New York Director of State Operations and Infrastructure Kathryn Garcia
New York Chief Diversity Officer Julissa Gutierrez
New York Superintendent of Financial Services Adrienne Harris	$220,000
New York Commissioner of Children and Family Services DaMia Harris-Madden
New York Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Amanda Hiller
New York Commissioner of Civil Service Timothy Hogues
New York Commissioner of Environmental Conservation Amanda Lefton
New York Public Service Commission John B. Maggiore	$205,000
New York Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision Daniel Martuscello
New York Commissioner of Health James McDonald
Secretary to the Governor of New York Karen Persichilli Keogh
New York Commissioner of Labor Roberta Reardon	$205,000
New York Commissioner of Education Betty A. Rosa	$324,000
New York Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles Mark Schroeder
New York Public Service Commission Denise Sheehan	$205,000
New York Commissioner of Transportation Marie Therese Dominguez
New York Public Service Commission David Valesky	$205,000
New York Public Service Commission Radina Valova	$205,000

Judicial salaries

See also: New York court salaries and budgets

State court salary information
Supreme Court salary	Court of Appeals salary
Associates: $257,500	Associates: $245,100

State profile

Demographic data for New York
	New York	U.S.
Total population:	19,747,183	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	47,126	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	64.6%	73.6%
Black/African American:	15.6%	12.6%
Asian:	8%	5.1%
Native American:	0.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.9%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	18.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	85.6%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	34.2%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$59,269	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	18.5%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New York. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in New York

New York voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, 18 are located in New York, accounting for 8.74 percent of the total pivot counties.

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. New York had 14 Retained Pivot Counties and four Boomerang Pivot Counties, accounting for 7.73 and 16.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.

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External links

• 2023 salary table from the Council of State Governments
• 2024 salary table from the National Conference of State Legislatures
• 2024 salary table from the National Center for State Courts