Agency Attorney

Provide legal advice, draft and review documents, and represent the agency in legal matters.

163 employees hold this title in Administrative for Children's Services. Median total compensation for the role is $123,272, above the department median of $75,817.

Employees: 163
Total payroll: $18.3M
Role median: $123,272
Agency median: $75,817
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$5$179,909+

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How total compensation varies among the 163 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

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This role across New York City

Agency Attorney is held in 44 New York City departments. In Administrative for Children's Services, the median of $123,272 ranks #5 of 44.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Borough President-Queens

$145,524 · 1

Teachers Retirement System

$129,522 · 2

Department of Environment Protection

$129,395 · 29

Office of Labor Relations

$129,366 · 1

Department of Education Administrative

$121,356 · 190

Department of Parks & Recreation

$115,845 · 15

Housing Preservation & Dvlpmnt

$114,185 · 66

Office of Emergency Management

$112,987 · 2

Department of Health/Mental Hygiene

$111,729 · 29

Department of Sanitation

$111,118 · 9

Department of Finance

$109,653 · 23

Hra/Dept of Social Services

$109,027 · 92

Median total compensation for the Agency Attorney role in other New York Citydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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Agency Attorney beyond New York City

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $105,047 ranks #1 of 2. See Agency Attorney across all of New York City →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

New York Public Authorities

$66,357 · 41

Median total compensation for comparable Agency Attorneyroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Christina Papathomas

Agency Attorney/Administrative for Children's Services

2025 total comp

$32,241

Base pay: $30,754
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,487
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $32,241
Hire date: 2021-09-27
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $106,312
Leave Status as of June 30: Ceased
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 67
Regular Hours: 500.13

Christina Papathomas works as a Agency Attorney for Administrative for Children's Services based in Manhattan. They have served since 2021 (about 4 years). Christina earned $32,241 in 2025.