Aldebol asks about decrease in exam applications
Aldebol notes a drop from 166,000 to 119,117 applications; Porter attributes it to the types of exams offered, like sanitation vs. technical titles.
According to the recently released Mayor's Management Report, in FY26 there were 119,117 applications received for civil service
exams compared to 166,000 in fiscal year 25.
To what does DCAS attribute the decrease in applications?
So thank you for that question.
The application number is a dynamic number.
It's really based on the exams that we're offering for a particular fiscal year.
So for instance, in fiscal years when we're offering a title like sanitation worker, where we receive, you know, 150,000 applications, we'll see,
you know, an increase, that number would be higher than a year where maybe we're giving more technical titles like engineering or more specialized titles where we see smaller applicant pools.
So, you know, I can give you a more direct answer, but on...
You know, in general, that's usually why you see like the fluctuation and examination numbers.