Health
Institutional Aide
$40,223 to $46,256 a year
Requirements
Other requirements
Exam
Non-competitive title
A job title where a competitive exam is not practical, so the agency checks that your qualifications meet the standard instead. You apply directly. On our job pages this shows as "No exam for this title".
From ≈ $19.34 an hour · $1,547 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $2.34/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$1,542 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 6.4 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $16,423 on average that year, and it isn't guaranteed. Base salary of active employees paid a yearly rate, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). Source: NYC's payroll data
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
Other requirements: read them on the posting
Qualification Requirement
Ability to read and write English and to understand and carry out simple instructions.
Quoted word for word from the official posting. The label above is ours, read from this text; if they disagree, this text wins.
The work
What the job is.
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Seasonal or temporary
“**This is a temporary position with an 18-month duration**”
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**This is a temporary position with an 18-month duration**
Read the rest, from the posting
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to create a body of a person.
Our core purpose is to protect public health and serve impartial justice through forensic science and medicine. We exist to provide answers in support of families and communities during times of profound need.
The core values of CARES guide our work for communities and inform our behavior toward each other and all those we serve.
- Commitment: Dedicated to the mission at all times
- Accountability: Responsible to each other and the community
- Resilience: Adapt in the face of adversity
- Excellence: Achieve and maintain the highest quality
- Service: Innovate to meet evolving needs
The core values of the OCME are to put the mission of the agency first, to be truly dedicated and to have integrity in every aspect of our professional life. Under supervision, performs routine work within OCME’s Facilities Unit. Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Responsible for disposal of garbage and sanitation and break down of corrugated cartons.
- Empties wastepaper baskets, polishes metal and moves furniture.
- Washes plaster, tile and marble walls and wallpaper.
- Responsible for floor maintenance: sweeping, mopping, rinse mopping, stripping, waxing and buff polishing.
- Cleans porters’ closet, storage and supply areas.
- When assigned to outside grounds-work: sweeps, cleans trash and when applicable shovels snow.
- Help unload, store and issue supplies as needed.
- Cleans toilet, bath and shower facilities, offices, stairs and hallways.
- Packages and labels bio-hazardous waste material, issue and records the transfer to private contractor carting and disposing of this material.
- Other duties as assigned.
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
Live in NYC within 90 days (usually)
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
How to apply, from the posting
Please submit resume and cover letter to nyc.gov/ocmecareers Job ID#786161.
Please note that only candidates selected for interview will be contacted for this position.
**FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL**
Sources
Straight from the city.
From the city's job data, which the city last updated September 28, 2026. You apply through the official posting.
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