Schulman questions Local 768 on salary comparisons and recruitment
Schulman asks where New York City salaries for public health sanitarians rank compared with other cities. DeLeon says the union compares New York with California, Oregon, and Chicago and will provide metrics, and estimates base salaries start around $45,000 to $50,000 and remain comparatively low.
Thank you so much.
Have a quick...
Don't go yet.
What's, I mean, where does, in terms of salary structure, where does New York City fit?
Like, very low down, very in the middle, like, from your perspective?
I would say based on the cost of living in New York, we would...
So the cities, I've done this for health and hospitals.
So the cities we typically compare ourselves are California, Oregon, and Chicago.
So I can't really directly answer that question because I would have to look.
If you can get us some information on that.
No, we are.
Okay.
I already spoke to Susan.
We are.
The problem is that when we do this metric, we sometimes have to look for a career path in these other cities that matches ours.
Got it.
But we are, let me just say one thing.
While the commissioner, while the testimony here kind of danced around the salaries, when we take a look at them, what is the average salary on the base, like maybe $45,000, $50,000 coming in, right?
And then after one year of service, they go up, they go to a PhD level one, but it's still comparably low.
But we definitely will give you that information.
No, I appreciate that.
And thank you so much to both of you for coming in to testify.
It's really important.
Thank you.
Thank you.