Graduating law students are currently paid $62,038. Following admission to the New York State Bar and one year of legal experience, there is a raise. Judicial law clerks are given salary credit for their clerkship years.

Benefits offered to Law Department attorneys include:

• 18 days of annual leave
• 10 days of sick leave
• 11 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and long-term disability insurance
• Pre-tax health and dependent care spending programs
• Pre-tax "Transit Chek" programs
• Deferred compensation 401K plan
• Deferred compensation 457 plan
• Health club reimbursement
• Domestic partnership benefits
• New York City Employees Retirement System Pension