New York · 2024 pay
How much do New York State Energy Research and Development Authority employees make?
$124,776typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2024
$91,455 – $154,674what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2024, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
Authorities Budget Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Senior Project ManagerProject ManagerDirector
✓ Official data from Authorities Budget OfficeMatches the agency's latest releaseabo.ny.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$91,276
$124,775
$154,476
$250,304
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $84,622 in 2017 to $124,776 in 2024 (+47%).
What changed since 2023
- +3.8%Typical pay went up from $120,240 to $124,776.
- +48452 people were paid in 2024, compared with 404 in 2023.
- +47%Since 2017, typical pay has gone from $84,622 to $124,776, while the number of people paid went up from 323 to 452.
The next update is expected in December 2026.
Pay slip · 2024
A typical worker's year
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
official data
2017–2024
| Regular pay | $120,555 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $4,219 |
| Total for the year | $124,775 |
Average of the 23 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2024.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Project Manager | 85 | $130,821 | $122k – $138k | ▲ 6.5% |
| Project Manager | 75 | $97,470 | $86k – $118k | ▼ 1.5% |
| Director | 38 | $183,816 | $168k – $195k | ▲ 1.1% |
| Program Manager | 32 | $153,293 | $135k – $160k | ▲ 0.4% |
| Senior Advisor | 24 | $155,402 | $141k – $180k | ▼ 0.6% |
| Assistant Director | 15 | $171,112 | $160k – $176k | ▲ 3.9% |
| Manager | 15 | $115,709 | $97k – $141k | ▲ 4.7% |
| Vice President | 13 | $201,913 | $178k – $213k | ▲ 11.0% |
| Managing Director | 8 | $215,861 | $213k – $218k | ▲ 3.4% |
| Associate | 8 | $91,593 | $84k – $104k | ▲ 26.3% |
| Senior Counsel II | 8 | $89,051 | $77k – $125k | new |
| Analyst | 8 | $86,794 | $54k – $90k | ▲ 2.9% |
| Senior Manager | 7 | $120,902 | $120k – $125k | ▲ 6.1% |
| Office Manager | 7 | $83,820 | $81k – $86k | ▲ 6.9% |
| Executive Administrator | 5 | $94,596 | $93k – $100k | new |
| Finance Aide | 5 | $79,510 | $73k – $81k | ▲ 10.9% |
| Assistant Project Manager | 5 | $75,148 | $55k – $77k | ▼ 10.4% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k3
- $10k – $30k18
- $30k – $50k13
- $50k – $70k22
- $70k – $90k52
- $90k – $110k66
- $110k – $150k154
- $150k or more124
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Ny Green Bank | 37 | $139,056 |
| Single Family Residential | 20 | $113,979 |
| Counsel's Office | 18 | $118,271 |
| Finance | 13 | $81,629 |
| Settlements & Reporting | 12 | $126,685 |
| Corporate Marketing | 12 | $104,649 |
| Energy & Climate Equity | 11 | $124,776 |
| Information Technology | 11 | $103,969 |
| Contract Management | 11 | $101,224 |
| Corporate Communications | 10 | $119,563 |
| Offshore Wind | 10 | $119,097 |
| Clean Transportation | 10 | $105,368 |
Highest paid at NYSERDA in 2024
- 1Andrew C KesslerPresident$250,304▲ $14,683 vs 2023
- 2Doreen M HarrisPresident and Ceo$245,463▲ $15,355 vs 2023
- 3Peter J CostelloGeneral Counsel$232,412▲ $24,342 vs 2023
- 4John G WilliamsExecutive Vp for Policy and Regulatory Affairs$231,913▲ $14,669 vs 2023
- 5Anthony J FioreChief Program Officer$229,133▲ $198,352 vs 2023
- 6Pamela C PoissonChief Financial Officer$228,923▲ $25,527 vs 2023
- 7Susanne E DesrochesVice President Clean and Resilient Buildings$225,314▲ $27,008 vs 2023
- 8Brian M LeeManaging Director$222,553▼ $1,960 vs 2023
- 9Sarah J OsgoodVice President$222,193▲ $9,930 vs 2023
- 10Georges SassineVice President$218,145▼ $3,627 vs 2023
Common questions
How much does a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority employee make?
The typical employee was paid $124,776 in 2024: half of the 452 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $91,455 and $154,674.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (95.8% of all pay), overtime (0.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (4.0%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From New York State Authorities Budget Office (abo.ny.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in December 2026.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 1 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals