Title

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Employees

253

Agencies

33

Average Base Salary

$52,467.04

Total Payroll

$49,450,085.36

Agencies Using This Title

  1. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

    38 employees, $7,640,258.28 total payroll

  2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN

    36 employees, $7,216,597.48 total payroll

  3. CONSUMER AND WORKER PROTECTION

    27 employees, $2,621,918.11 total payroll

  4. NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY

    24 employees, $7,428,092.20 total payroll

  5. CONSUMER AFFAIRS

    24 employees, $2,477,465.60 total payroll

  6. FIRE DEPARTMENT

    16 employees, $3,006,099.41 total payroll

  7. DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION

    12 employees, $2,067,761.32 total payroll

  8. ADMIN FOR CHILDREN'S SVCS

    11 employees, $2,693,589.56 total payroll

  9. DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE

    9 employees, $2,043,491.08 total payroll

  10. HRA/DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

    9 employees, $1,984,863.22 total payroll

  11. DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

    7 employees, $1,528,623.26 total payroll

  12. DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION

    7 employees, $1,493,757.74 total payroll

  13. COMMUNITY COLLEGE (MANHATTAN)

    7 employees, $356,773.96 total payroll

  14. DEPT OF RECORDS & INFO SERVICE

    5 employees, $1,231,895.22 total payroll

  15. DEPT. OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

    5 employees, $346,971.08 total payroll

  16. NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS

    5 employees, $255,122.26 total payroll

  17. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

    4 employees, $851,661.87 total payroll

  18. POLICE DEPARTMENT

    3 employees, $813,153.68 total payroll

  19. HOUSING PRESERVATION & DVLPMNT

    3 employees, $433,483.79 total payroll

  20. ADMIN TRIALS AND HEARINGS

    3 employees, $154,101.38 total payroll

Pay Summary

Rows
1,006
Average total compensation
$49,155.15
First fiscal year
2014
Last fiscal year
2025

Top Earners By Year

Fiscal Year 2025

  1. NICOLE I KENNEDY

    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • $91,884.58

  2. SANDRA P CARDELI

    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • $81,564.93

  3. BARBARA HIBBERT

    DEPT OF RECORDS & INFO SERVICE • $80,581.48

  4. SUZY SOSA-WHITE

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $80,408.91

  5. LEONID TSVITMAN

    DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION • $80,316.33

Fiscal Year 2024

  1. THEODOCIA HALEY

    ADMIN FOR CHILDREN'S SVCS • $91,174.96

  2. NICOLE I KENNEDY

    HRA/DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES • $87,523.91

  3. SANDRA P CARDELI

    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • $78,750.79

  4. LEONID TSVITMAN

    DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION • $78,281.93

  5. BARBARA HIBBERT

    DEPT OF RECORDS & INFO SERVICE • $77,841.90

Fiscal Year 2023

  1. SAN ENG

    DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION • $106,472.73

  2. NICOLE I KENNEDY

    HRA/DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES • $94,991.80

  3. THEODOCIA HALEY

    ADMIN FOR CHILDREN'S SVCS • $86,995.85

  4. ALEXANDER SUMMERS

    DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION • $83,326.09

  5. SANDRA P CARDELI

    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • $82,745.92

Fiscal Year 2022

  1. SAN ENG

    DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION • $100,494.32

  2. MIAO T HE

    DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION • $84,459.75

  3. STACEY STARKE

    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • $79,379.42

  4. LORENZO VALDEZ

    NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY • $76,003.53

  5. PAMELA BOZEMAN

    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION • $75,503.98

Fiscal Year 2021

  1. DOROTHY HO

    NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY • $94,190.27

  2. SAN ENG

    DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION • $77,754.24

  3. TONI ANN PORCELLO

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN • $75,140.16

  4. LORENZO VALDEZ

    NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY • $72,309.80

  5. RAQUEL VEGA

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN • $72,172.16

Fiscal Year 2020

  1. LASONTA D LEWIS

    ADMIN FOR CHILDREN'S SVCS • $82,309.90

  2. TONI ANN PORCELLO

    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN • $76,862.05

  3. SUZY SOSA-WHITE

    FIRE DEPARTMENT • $74,917.97

  4. SAN ENG

    DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION • $74,692.43

  5. ANDREW BERK

    DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION • $72,497.82

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.