Police Officer
Patrol NYC for the NYPD. $0 to apply, with a filing window almost every month.
$55,942/yr
≈ $26.90/hr
Get a New York City job. We'll show you how.
1,306 city jobs are open now. 24 need no diploma or experience. We find the ones you can get and walk you through every step.
Free. Updated every day from the city's job list, last changed September 21, 2026.
Open now, asking the least.
City Laborer, Bureau of Facilities Planning and Administrative Services $332 a day Dept of Health/Mental Hygiene · Queens · No exam Laborer $332 a day Dept of Citywide Admin Svcs · Manhattan · No exam Part-Time Driver Personnel Management and Administration $25 to $46.52 an hour Office of Management & Budget · Part-time Secretary $46,503 to $73,002 a year NYC Housing Authority
Why a city job?
- Full-time pay, every two weeks. 95% of open city postings are full-time.
- A pension. 86% of state and local government workers can get one. In private jobs, 14% can (Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2026).
- Raises by contract. And promotion exams to move up.
How it works.
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Pick a job
Easiest to get first, straight from the city's list.
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Follow the steps
What to file, where, and what to bring.
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Get the call
Exam, list, interview. We explain each part.
Eight jobs, step by step.
911 Operator
Answer 911 calls. Dispatch help. No college needed.
$51,790/yr
≈ $24.90/hr
Community Assistant
Entry-level city work at many agencies. No exam, and no education or experience requirement.
$39,970 to $49,030/yr
≈ $19.22/hr
NYPD
Become an NYPD police officer. $0 to apply.
The NYPD tests new officers almost every month. The next filing window opens October 1, 2026. 5,844 test seats, and you pick yours when you file.
- $55,942 starting pay
- $109,352 or more: the base pay of half of the city's 21,387 officers
Free exams
Your first city exam can be free.
Never taken a city exam, or still in an NYC high school? The city waives the exam fee. Veterans, and people who are unemployed or on public assistance, can take it free too.
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Fair questions.
I have zero experience.
Then start with the 24 open city jobs that say, in the city's own words, they need no education or experience. Every posting here quotes its requirements exactly, so you can check.
What’s the catch?
Patience. Exam jobs can take months: you apply, test, then wait for a call. That wait is normal, not a rejection. Jobs with no exam move faster.
Who runs this?
togetajob.com is built to be the fastest way into a New York City job. It’s free for job seekers. Every job and every step links straight to the official city page, and our job list updates every day from the city’s own data.
This stuff overwhelms me.
That’s the point of us. The Match is five questions, and every guide is a checklist: one step, then the next.
I am not in NYC.
We started with New York City because its job data is public. More cities later.