New York · 2026 pay

How much do NYC Public Advocate employees make?

Name: NYC Public Advocate employee pay 2026
Creator: PublicPayData

$76,467typical pay for full-year employees in 2026

$63,741 – $130,243what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2026, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $63,407.

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

Common jobs: Assistant to the Public Advocate Office Manager Legislative Information Officer

✓ 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.

$18,236

$62,844

$98,038

$274,626

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 counting everyone paid went from $49,733 in 2016 to $63,407 in 2026 (+27%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2025

−3.6%Typical pay for full-year employees went down from $79,300 to $76,467.
−474 people were paid in 2026, compared with 78 in 2025.
+18%Since 2017, typical pay for full-year employees has gone from $64,647 to $76,467, while the number of people paid went down from 86 to 74.

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

Pay slip · 2026

A typical worker's year

NYC Public Advocate

11years of
official data
2016–2026

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$62,844
Overtime	$0
Extra pay	$0
Total for the year	$62,844

Average of the 3 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.

Job	People	Full-year	Everyone	Most earn	Since 2025
Assistant to the Public Advocate	31	$63,741	$57,945	$21k – $64k	▲ 0.9%
Office Manager	10	$100,418	$99,304	$89k – $105k	▲ 8.9%
Legislative Information Officer	6	$134,351	$134,351	$128k – $147k	▲ 6.4%
Office Assistant	6	–	$23,604	$15k – $58k	▼ 39.9%

How many people earn what

Under $10k12
$10k – $30k12
$30k – $50k3
$50k – $70k23
$70k – $90k4
$90k – $110k4
$110k – $150k10
$150k or more6

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

Common questions

How much does a NYC Public Advocate employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $76,467 in 2026; most earned between $63,741 and $130,243. Counting all 74 people paid during the year, typical pay was $63,407.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 12 people (16.2%) were paid under $10,000.

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 (92.2% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (7.8%).

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