Elizabeth Cooper of the Utica Observer -Dispatch writes - “We knew salaries for nanotechnology jobs were high.

Just not how high.

Alain Kaloyeros, who is one of the prime movers in the effort to bring a Computer Chip Commercialization Center to Marcy, makes a salary of $734,353 in his position as senior vice president and chief executive officer at the University of Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

That makes him the second-highest-paid state employee, according to figures provided by the state Comptroller’s Office and to an analysis by Gannett News Service, which reported earlier this week on Kaloyeros’s pay.

Nine others at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering make more than $170,000 per year, the Comptroller’s Office figures show.

Such pay levels speak to the new opportunities for well-paying jobs in the Mohawk Valley as the nanotech initiative moves forward at SUNYIT in Marcy.

College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering spokesman Steve Janack said people working at the planned nanotech facility could make anywhere from $40,000 to about $200,000, depending on what their job was.”

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