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New York · 2026 pay

How much do NYC City Clerk employees make?

$61,526typical pay for full-year employees in 2026

$51,394 – $85,043what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2026, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $60,462.

NYC Office of Payroll Administration publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Clerical Associate Most Mayoral AgPrincipal Administrative Associate - Non SupervisorDeputy City Clerk

✓ Official data from NYC Office of Payroll AdministrationMatches the agency's latest releasenyc.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$49,578

$60,320

$83,627

$280,549

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay for full-year employees went from $47,511 in 2016 to $61,526 in 2026 (+29%).

What changed since 2025

  • +6.4%Typical pay for full-year employees went up from $57,807 to $61,526.
  • +161 people were paid in 2026, compared with 60 in 2025.
  • +29%Since 2016, typical pay for full-year employees has gone from $47,511 to $61,526, while the number of people paid went down from 85 to 61.

The agency updates it each fall, after the fiscal year ends June 30.

Pay slip · 2026

A typical worker's year

NYC City Clerk

11years of
official data
2016–2026
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$58,107
Overtime$0
Extra pay$2,214
Total for the year$60,320

Average of the 4 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: NYC Office of Payroll Administration, nyc.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2026. "Full-year" is typical pay for people employed all year (shown when 5 or more); "Everyone" includes part-year and seasonal workers.

JobPeopleFull-yearEveryoneMost earnSince 2025
Clerical Associate Most Mayoral Ag29$51,145$50,596$49k – $59k▲ 0.5%
Principal Administrative Associate - Non Supervisor13$71,206$64,407$62k – $81k▼ 13.5%
Deputy City Clerk5–$142,928$87k – $233knew

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k3
  • $10k – $30k4
  • $30k – $50k12
  • $50k – $70k21
  • $70k – $90k9
  • $90k – $110k2
  • $110k – $150k4
  • $150k or more6

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a NYC City Clerk employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $61,526 in 2026; most earned between $51,394 and $85,043. Counting all 61 people paid during the year, typical pay was $60,462.

Who counts as a full-year employee?

"Employed all year" means the city's data shows an agency start date on or before July 1, an annual salary, and regular pay of at least 90% of that salary for the fiscal year (July to June).

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (97.8% of all pay), overtime (0.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.1%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From NYC Office of Payroll Administration (nyc.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it each fall, after the fiscal year ends June 30.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the city's data shows an agency start date on or before July 1, an annual salary, and regular pay of at least 90% of that salary for the fiscal year (July to June). Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals