New York Public Authorities / Hudson River-Black River Regulating District / Executive Director
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
2 employees hold this title in Hudson River-Black River Regulating District. Median total compensation for the role is $157,753, above the department median of $68,312.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in New York, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 8,430 people — is $257,980. Hudson River-Black River Regulating District pays a median base salary of $157,753 for this role, 39% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives across every employer in New York, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Hudson River-Black River Regulating District’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 204,350 people — is $213,990. Hudson River-Black River Regulating District’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 33rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Hudson River-Black River Regulating District is $157,753, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Executive Director is held in 19 New York Public Authorities departments. In Hudson River-Black River Regulating District, the median of $157,753 ranks #7 of 19.
Median total compensation for the Executive Director role in other New York Public Authoritiesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 16 jurisdictions. In New York Public Authorities, the median of $166,673 ranks #5 of 16. See Executive Director across all of New York Public Authorities →
Median total compensation for comparable Executive Directorroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Executive Director/Hudson River-Black River Regulating District
Source-specific fields
At Hudson River-Black River Regulating District, John Callaghan serves as a Executive Director. They work full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $191,387.
Executive Director/Hudson River-Black River Regulating District
Source-specific fields
At Hudson River-Black River Regulating District, Robert Smullen serves as a Executive Director. They work full-time. Their 2017 pay totaled $124,119.