NYC Government Full-Time Positions by Agency and Fiscal Year

NYC Independent Budget Office data provides actual full-time positions as of June 30 each year by city agency. It covers 41 fiscal years from FY 1980 through FY 2020. The dataset tracks staffing levels across New York City government.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in city agency staffing levels by fiscal year.
• Compare full-time position counts across different city agencies for a given fiscal year.
• Model the relationship between fiscal year and full-time position allocations for budget forecasting.

Strengths

• Covers 41 consecutive fiscal years of historical data from FY 1980 to FY 2020.
• Data is provided by the official NYC Independent Budget Office, an authoritative source for city fiscal analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.

Limitations

• The dataset is not updated beyond FY 2020, creating a multi-year data gap.
• Specific column names and the total row count are not provided in the metadata.
• Data granularity is limited to an annual snapshot as of June 30 each year.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, NYC Independent Budget Office (IBO)

Collection Method

Official city government records of actual full-time positions.

Time Range

FY 1980 through FY 2020

Freshness

Data was last updated on the platform in September 2023 but covers only through FY 2020.

Geography

New York City government agencies