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Pay

What NYC city jobs really pay.

Every city job posts its starting pay. The city also publishes what everyone on its payroll earns. Here are both, side by side, so you see where a job starts and where the people in it are now.

21,387 police officers earned a median base of $109,352 in fiscal 2025. The job starts at $55,942.

Jobs with a step-by-step guide.

Police Officer

Starts at
$55,942 a year

Median now
$109,352 (21,387 people)

Avg. overtime
$20,348 (not guaranteed)
Correction Officer

Starts at
$56,838 a year

Median now
$105,146 (4,981 people)

Avg. overtime
$53,301 (not guaranteed)
911 Operator

Starts at
$51,790 a year

Median now
$61,883 (1,229 people)

Avg. overtime
$11,180 (not guaranteed)
School Safety Agent

Starts at
$40,480 a year

Median now
$56,508 (3,455 people)

Avg. overtime
$15,541 (not guaranteed)
Traffic Enforcement Agent

Starts at
$48,719 a year

Median now
$53,985 (2,076 people)

Avg. overtime
$13,823 (not guaranteed)
Community Assistant

Starts at
$39,970 to $49,030 a year

Median now
$43,460 (698 people)

Avg. overtime
$2,434 (not guaranteed)
EMS Trainee

Starts at
$36,330 a year

Median now
$36,330 (177 people)

Avg. overtime
$119 (not guaranteed)
Assistant School Safety Agent

Starts at
$37,339 a year

"Starts at" is from the exam notice or posting named in each guide. "Median now" is base salary: half the people in the title earned more, half less.

Best-paying open jobs that ask the least.

Open now, and the posting asks for no more than a high school diploma.

Secretary $46,503 to $73,002 a year NYC Housing Authority Diploma, no experience Fleet Coordinator $46,441 to $58,020 a year Financial Info Svcs Agency · Manhattan No education or experience needed Clerk (Officewide) $45,675 a year District Attorney Kings County · Brooklyn · No exam No education or experience needed Office Services Clerk $45,675 a year District Attorney Kings County · Brooklyn · No exam No education or experience needed Communications Representative $42,539 a year Dept of Health/Mental Hygiene · Manhattan · No exam No education or experience needed Office Machine Operator $41,300 a year District Attorney-Manhattan · No exam No education or experience needed

Every open job by pay →

The city's biggest jobs, and their pay.

Police Officer $109,352 21,387 people
Firefighter $109,352 8,554 people
Sanitation Worker $92,093 6,684 people
Community Coordinator $74,458 5,867 people
Community Associate $54,757 5,221 people
Correction Officer $105,146 4,981 people
School Safety Agent $56,508 3,455 people
Traffic Enforcement Agent $53,985 2,076 people
Administrative Staff Analyst $128,640 1,887 people
Eligibility Specialist $50,507 1,881 people
City Research Scientist $106,396 1,513 people
Supervisor $114,201 1,380 people

Payroll: NYC Citywide Payroll Data on NYC Open Data (k397-673e), fiscal 2025, active employees paid by the year, titles held by 20 or more people. No names are ever downloaded. Open jobs: the city's job feed, last updated by the city September 28, 2026. Pay is before taxes.