The Civil List reports the agency code (DPT), first initial and last name (NAME), agency name (ADDRESS), title code (TTL #), pay class (PC), and salary (SAL-RATE) of individuals who were employed by the City of New York at any given time during the indicated year.

Data is collected because of public interest in how the City’s budget is being spent on salary and overtime pay for all municipal employees. Data is input into the City's Personnel Management System (“PMS”) by the respective user Agencies. Each record represents the following statistics for every city employee: Agency, Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial, Agency Start Date, Work Location Borough, Job Title Description, Leave Status as of the close of the FY (June 30th), Base Salary, Pay Basis, Regular Hours Paid, Regular Gross Paid, Overtime Hours worked, Total Overtime Paid, and Total Other Compensation (i.e. lump sum and/or retro payments). This data can be used to analyze how the City's financial resources are allocated and how much of the City's budget is being devoted to overtime. The reader of this data should be aware that increments of salary increases received over the course of any one fiscal year will not be reflected. All that is captured, is the employee's final base and gross salary at the end of the fiscal year. In very limited cases, a check replacement and subsequent refund may reflect both the original check as well as the re-issued check in employee pay totals. NOTE 1: To further improve the visibility into the number of employee OT hours worked, beginning with the FY 2023 report, an updated methodology will be used which will eliminate redundant reporting of OT hours in some specific instances. In the previous calculation, hours associated with both overtime pay as well as an accompanying overtime “companion code” pay were included in the employee total even though they represented pay for the same period of time. With the updated methodology, the dollars shown on the Open Data site will continue to be inclusive of both types of overtime, but the OT hours will now reflect a singular block of time, which will result in a more representative total of employee OT hours worked. The updated methodology will primarily impact the OT hours associated with City employees in uniformed civil service titles. The updated methodology will be applied to the Open Data posting for Fiscal Year 2023 and cannot be applied to prior postings and, as a result, the reader of this data should not compare OT hours prior to the 2023 report against OT hours published starting Fiscal Year 2023. The reader of this data may continue to compare OT dollars across all published Fiscal Years on Open Data. NOTE 2: As a part of FISA-OPA’s routine process for reviewing and releasing Citywide Payroll Data, data for some agencies (specifically NYC Police Department (NYPD) and the District Attorneys’ Offices (Manhattan, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Bronx, and Special Narcotics)) have been redacted since they are exempt from disclosure pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law, POL § 87(2)(f), on the ground that disclosure of the information could endanger the life and safety of the public servants listed thereon. They are further exempt from disclosure pursuant to POL § 87(2)(e)(iii), on the ground that any release of the information would identify confidential sources or disclose confidential information relating to a criminal investigation, and POL § 87(2)(e)(iv), on the ground that disclosure would reveal non-routine criminal investigative techniques or procedures. Some of these redactions will appear as XXX in the name columns.

The Title and Salary Listing is a compilation of job titles under the jurisdiction of the Department of Civil Service.

The Civil List reports the agency code (DPT), first initial and last name (NAME), agency name (ADDRESS), title code (TTL #), pay class (PC), and salary (SAL-RATE) of individuals who were employed by the City of New York at any given time during the indicated year.

The Green Book Online is a fully searchable database which gives New Yorkers the opportunity to search for the agencies, offices, boards and commissions that keep our City running. It includes listings for New York City, County, Courts, and New York State government offices.

The New York City Controller's Office maintains a database of the salary and benefits paid to city employees since the fiscal year 2013. This is data representing the Employee Compensation report.

Year Type: Fiscal (July through June) or Calendar (January through December)

Year: An accounting period of 12 months. The New York City operates operates on a fiscal year that begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 the following year. The Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2012 is represented as FY2011-2012.

Employee Identifier: Each distinct number in the “Employee Identifier” column represents one employee. These identifying numbers are not meaningful but rather are randomly assigned for the purpose of building this dataset.

Salaries: Normal salaries paid to permanent or temporary City employees.

Overtime: Amounts paid to City employees working in excess of 40 hours per week.

Other Salaries: Various irregular payments made to City employees including premium pay, incentive pay, or other one-time payments.

Total Salary: The sum of all salaries paid to City employees.

Retirement: City contributions to employee retirement plans.

Health/Dental: City-paid premiums to health and dental insurance plans covering City employees. To protect confidentiality as legally required, pro-rated citywide averages are presented in lieu of employee-specific health and dental benefits.

Other Benefits: Mandatory benefits paid on behalf of employees, such as Social Security (FICA and Medicare) contributions, unemployment insurance premiums, and minor discretionary benefits not included in the above categories.

Total Benefits: The sum of all benefits paid to City employees.

Total Compensation: The sum of all salaries and benefits paid to City employees.

A Civil Service List consists of all candidates who passed an exam, ranked in score order. An established list is considered active for no less than one year and no more than four years from the date of establishment. For more information visit DCAS’ “Work for the City” webpage at: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dcas/employment/take-an-exam.page

This dataset contains current job postings available on the City of New York’s official jobs site (http://www.nyc.gov/html/careers/html/search/search.shtml). Internal postings available to city employees and external postings available to the general public are included.

Context

This dataset contains the name, job title, department, and salary of every employee that was on the City of Chicago payroll at the time of capture in mid-2017. It provides a transparent lens into who gets paid how much and for what.

Content

This dataset provides columns for employee name, the city department they work for, their job title, and various fields describing their compensation. Most employee salaries are covered by the Annual Salary field, but some employees paid hourly are covered by a combination of Typical Hours and Hourly Rate fields.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is published as-is by the City of Chicago (here).

Inspiration

• How many people do the various city agencies employ, and how much does each department spend on salary in total?
• What are the most numerous job titles in civic government employment?
• How do Chicago employee salaries compare against salaries of city employees in New York City? Is the difference more or less than the difference in cost of living between the two cities?

City employee Base and Overtime Salary by Fiscal Year.

This dataset contains current job postings available on the City of New York’s official jobs site (http://www.nyc.gov/html/careers/html/search/search.shtml). Internal postings available to city employees and external postings available to the general public are included.

April 10 2020 snapshot of Quote from that page: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Civil-Service-List-Active-/vx8i-nprf"A Civil Service List consists of all candidates who passed an exam, ranked in score order. An established list is considered active for no less than one year and no more than four years from the date of establishment. For more information visit DCAS’ “Work for the City” webpage at: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dcas/employment/take-an-exam.page"

This statistic shows the revenue of the industry “employment placement agencies and executive search services“ in New York by segment from 2012 to 2017, with a forecast to 2024. It is projected that the revenue of employment placement agencies and executive search services in New York will amount to approximately ******* million U.S. Dollars by 2024.

Public authorities are required by Section 2800 of Public Authorities Law to submit annual reports to the Authorities Budget Office that include salary and compensation data. The dataset consists of salary data by employee reported by State Authorities that covers 8 fiscal years, which includes fiscal years ending in the most recently completed calendar year.

This dataset contains current job postings available on the City of New York’s official jobs site (http://www.nyc.gov/html/careers/html/search/search.shtml). Internal postings available to city employees and external postings available to the general public are included.

The County of Suffolk Annual Salaries File for the Year 2023 is a yearly summary of Payroll Data for all Suffolk County employees. This file contains the Employee Names and Hired Date along with their most recent Job Title and Department. In addition, the file contains the Employee’s Regular Pay Rate (Hourly, Biweekly or Annual Salary), the Year to Date Regular Earnings, Longevity Pay, Overtime Pay, and Other Payments (comprised of Holiday Pay, Night Differential Pay, Cleaning and Clothing Allowances, Taxable Legal Benefit Amounts, etc.). If an employee has been terminated or has separated from County employment, the Separation Payment Amount (if applicable), and Termination Date is also included.

A List Certification includes the names of eligible candidates on an Active Civil Service List that has been established. The Certification may contain part of a list, the whole list, or multiple lists at the request of an appointing agency, to fill vacancies and/or replace provisionals. Eligible candidates on a Certification may be considered for probable appointment at the appointing Agency. For more information visit DCAS’ “Work for the City” webpage at: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dcas/employment/take-an-exam.page

Metadata for NYC Civil List (Active) as of 2020-04-10

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