The Accountability Project

New York City Citywide Payroll Data

Publisher:

NYC Office of Payroll Administration (OPA)

Start Date:

2014

End Date:

2025

Record Count:

6,775,830

Collection: Public employees
Description: 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.
Data processing was done using open-source software and is documented on the Accountability Project GitHub repository. Data thru FY 2025 was last updated in October of 2026 based on files from the city marked as last updated April 16, 2026.

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