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New York · 2026 pay

How much do NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor employees make?

$128,422typical pay for full-year employees in 2026

$101,301 – $174,252what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2026, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $105,535.

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

Common jobs: Assistant District AttorneyCommunity CoordinatorCommunity Associate

✓ 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.

$70,997

$105,248

$153,887

$260,941

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 $85,007 in 2016 to $128,422 in 2026 (+51%).

What changed since 2025

  • −2.8%Typical pay for full-year employees went down from $132,175 to $128,422.
  • +3252 people were paid in 2026, compared with 249 in 2025.
  • +51%Since 2016, typical pay for full-year employees has gone from $85,007 to $128,422, while the number of people paid went up from 249 to 252.

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

Pay slip · 2026

A typical worker's year

NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor

11years of
official data
2016–2026
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$96,131
Overtime$1,095
Extra pay$8,022
Total for the year$105,248

Average of the 13 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

Worth knowing about pay at Special Narcotics Prosecutor

What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.

  • +4.3%

    People paid by Special Narcotics Prosecutor in both 2025 and 2026 saw their pay change by a typical +4.3%. Typical pay across everyone paid changed +7.3%, as people joined and left.

    Usual among the 15 other cities in New York in our data: +3.5%.

    Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.

  • +46%

    Since 2016, total pay at Special Narcotics Prosecutor went up 46% while the number of people paid went up 1%.

    Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.

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
Assistant District Attorney111$161,683$128,742$99k – $175k▲ 22.5%
Community Coordinator37$106,613$103,582$91k – $121k▲ 3.3%
Community Associate30$76,939$69,844$45k – $79k▲ 1.8%
College Aide24–$3,048$1k – $4k▲ 93.9%
Senior Rackets Investigator - Start >4-24-08 No Abc12–$94,787$93k – $104k▼ 2.7%
Clerical Associate Most Mayoral Ag8$124,183$124,183$115k – $128k▲ 0.2%
Paralegal Aide7$136,608$136,608$120k – $148k▲ 14.9%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k26
  • $10k – $30k6
  • $30k – $50k12
  • $50k – $70k18
  • $70k – $90k33
  • $90k – $110k45
  • $110k – $150k43
  • $150k or more69

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

Common questions

How much does a NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $128,422 in 2026; most earned between $101,301 and $174,252. Counting all 252 people paid during the year, typical pay was $105,535.

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. 26 people (10.3%) 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 (92.3% of all pay), overtime (0.5%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (7.2%).

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