Title

ASSISTANT RETIREMENT BENEFITS EXAMINER

Employees

532

Agencies

7

Average Base Salary

$44,445.92

Total Payroll

$54,511,203.23

Agencies Using This Title

  1. NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS

    347 employees, $36,130,120.96 total payroll

  2. TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM

    79 employees, $8,089,940.64 total payroll

  3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN

    59 employees, $4,762,541.66 total payroll

  4. NYC POLICE PENSION FUND

    31 employees, $4,099,221.87 total payroll

  5. OFFICE OF LABOR RELATIONS

    11 employees, $1,037,883.33 total payroll

  6. NYC FIRE PENSION FUND

    8 employees, $372,158.53 total payroll

  7. FIRE DEPARTMENT

    1 employee, $19,336.24 total payroll

Pay Summary

Rows
1,423
Average total compensation
$38,307.24
First fiscal year
2014
Last fiscal year
2025

Top Earners By Year

Fiscal Year 2025

  1. JOANNE KUANG

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN • $73,090.25

  2. MOSTAFA M ALI

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN • $72,182.31

  3. WEIRAN GUO

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN • $71,645.18

  4. TATYANA KOVALCHUK

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $69,822.94

  5. ZHIMING RONG

    NYC POLICE PENSION FUND • $67,629.50

Fiscal Year 2024

  1. GAUTAM GURUNG

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $87,876.32

  2. KEVIN G FITZGERALD

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $69,571.03

  3. TATYANA KOVALCHUK

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $67,631.30

  4. JONATHAN M GREAVES

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $65,093.57

  5. DEREK SAWYER

    TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM • $65,016.92

Fiscal Year 2023

  1. GAUTAM GURUNG

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $83,834.64

  2. TATYANA KOVALCHUK

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $70,208.46

  3. DEREK SAWYER

    TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM • $68,820.77

  4. HYEONJUNG KIM

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN • $66,452.55

  5. MITCHELL KATZ

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $63,876.96

Fiscal Year 2022

  1. GAUTAM GURUNG

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $83,208.28

  2. RASHIDA S INNISS

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $78,387.51

  3. BETSY RODRIGUEZ

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $70,876.11

  4. TATYANA KOVALCHUK

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $62,141.62

  5. MARIA DE FATIM D RODRIGUES

    TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM • $61,025.46

Fiscal Year 2021

  1. TONG QIANG CHEN

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $78,101.42

  2. ROY VARGHESE

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $76,100.96

  3. JIGNESH SHAH

    TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM • $69,612.47

  4. XILING QIU

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $67,581.69

  5. SOUZAN S AZIZ

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $67,157.34

Fiscal Year 2020

  1. ASYA S ARAKELYAN

    NYC POLICE PENSION FUND • $75,808.06

  2. BETSY RODRIGUEZ

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $70,000.80

  3. LAVERN J HUNTER-VASSELL

    TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM • $69,502.20

  4. JIGNESH SHAH

    TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM • $69,262.77

  5. SOUZAN S AZIZ

    NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS • $68,884.71

Source and Caveats

Source for v1: NYC Open Data dataset k397-673e. Raw source rows are preserved as imported.

OT hours before FY2023 are not directly comparable to FY2023 and later because the source methodology changed. Some names, agencies, and other fields may be redacted in the source and are displayed as provided.