Uncommon Names Gap by Agency

The following table displays the average salaries of civil servants by their names, Common (if name appears in Social Security Administration data), or Uncommon (if name does not appear in Social Security Administration data) for Agencies in the City of New York for Fiscal Year 2021 (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021).

The Social Security Administration only tabulates names that are registered by more than 5 people in a given geographic area, in the case of the data we are using, New York State.

The full table, including historical data, is available in the Downloads section.

AgencyAverageCommonUncommonGap
CITY OF NEW YORK (ALL AGENCIES / TITLES)$80,591$81,521$75,4433.9%
ADMIN FOR CHILDREN'S SVCS$70,813$71,425$68,5192.1%
ADMIN TRIALS AND HEARINGS$77,883$81,092$63,60112.1%
BOARD OF ELECTION$55,593$55,563$55,832-0.2%
BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY$75,321$77,457$65,4018.4%
CITY COUNCIL$100,712$101,746$93,8884.0%
COMMUNITY COLLEGE (BRONX)$78,665$79,815$73,3074.2%
COMMUNITY COLLEGE (HOSTOS)$77,317$77,652$75,2321.6%
COMMUNITY COLLEGE (KINGSBORO)$80,379$80,968$76,6562.7%
COMMUNITY COLLEGE (LAGUARDIA)$82,639$82,855$81,7700.7%
COMMUNITY COLLEGE (MANHATTAN)$79,023$79,604$76,2132.2%
COMMUNITY COLLEGE (QUEENSBORO)$83,948$84,112$83,2040.5%
CONSUMER AFFAIRS$69,475$70,211$66,4182.8%
DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING$82,127$81,689$83,971-1.4%
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS$77,332$77,612$76,3270.8%
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS SERV.$88,263$88,481$87,1380.8%
DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING$87,941$89,074$81,6584.3%
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION$82,271$82,708$80,3321.5%
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMIN$74,894$75,019$74,3170.5%
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE$79,167$79,676$77,2361.6%
DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION$83,054$83,482$80,2362.0%
DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION$64,272$64,894$61,4312.7%
DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION$80,919$81,164$77,5382.3%
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$74,619$73,645$79,224-3.6%
DEPT OF CITYWIDE ADMIN SVCS$69,072$68,481$71,838-2.4%
DEPT OF ED PARA PROFESSIONALS$40,755$40,598$41,374-0.9%
DEPT OF ED PEDAGOGICAL$101,060$101,326$99,1691.1%
DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION$80,658$81,143$78,6171.6%
DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE$77,406$77,728$76,2281.0%
DEPT OF INFO TECH & TELECOMM$95,856$95,361$97,790-1.3%
DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION$69,070$69,367$67,0961.7%
DEPT OF YOUTH & COMM DEV SRVS$87,660$87,268$89,302-1.2%
DEPT. OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION$92,377$92,689$91,5930.6%
DEPT. OF HOMELESS SERVICES$61,742$62,128$60,0521.7%
DISTRICT ATTORNEY-MANHATTAN$81,849$81,868$81,7410.1%
DISTRICT ATTORNEY-SPECIAL NARC$93,896$94,432$91,0731.8%
DISTRICT ATTORNEY KINGS COUNTY$77,399$78,758$71,4724.9%
DISTRICT ATTORNEY QNS COUNTY$80,814$82,571$74,2455.3%
FINANCIAL INFO SVCS AGENCY$118,055$115,166$123,962-3.7%
FIRE DEPARTMENT$78,412$79,285$65,8649.2%
HOUSING PRESERVATION & DVLPMNT$74,191$74,196$74,1700.0%
HRA/DEPT OF SOCIAL SERVICES$60,423$60,690$59,4871.0%
LAW DEPARTMENT$88,227$90,076$75,0909.1%
NYC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYS$77,774$80,461$71,2066.1%
NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY$58,908$58,815$59,337-0.4%
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET$95,612$96,743$90,4653.4%
OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER$91,600$93,214$84,8484.7%
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR$107,978$108,616$103,3342.5%
POLICE DEPARTMENT$74,975$76,010$69,4804.5%
TAXI & LIMOUSINE COMMISSION$64,823$65,760$60,4144.2%
TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM$91,877$92,365$90,4631.0%