New York City / Department of Youth & Community Development Services / Contract Specialist

Job-title file

Contract Specialist

Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.

18 employees hold this title in Department of Youth & Community Development Services. Median total compensation for the role is $74,073, below the department median of $83,163.

Employees: 18
Total payroll: $1.2M
Role median: $74,073
Agency median: $83,163
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$681$90,670+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 18 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.

Compared with the local labor market

Contract Specialist pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area

Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents — about 29,360 people — is $83,350. Department of Youth & Community Development Services pays a median base salary of $74,014 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 34th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Youth & Community Development Services sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$55,780

$68,930

$83,350

$107,550

$136,590

Department of Youth & Community Development Services median · $74,014

The bar is the range of annual wages for Buyers and Purchasing Agents across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Youth & Community Development Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents — about 491,430 people — is $77,710. Department of Youth & Community Development Services’s median base salary is 5% below that national figure, about the 45th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,380

$60,800

$77,710

$100,820

$128,870

Department of Youth & Community Development Services median · $74,014

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 16 of 18 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Youth & Community Development Services is $74,073, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across New York City

Contract Specialist is held in 10 New York City departments. In Department of Youth & Community Development Services, the median of $74,073 ranks #4 of 10.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Department of City Planning

$90,335 · 1

NYC Housing Authority

$77,568 · 6

Office of the Comptroller

$76,672 · 1

Department of Education Administrative

$71,143 · 2

Department of Health/Mental Hygiene

$68,361 · 14

Human Rights Commission

$55,091 · 1

Hra/Dept of Social Services

$51,388 · 13

Office of Criminal Justice

$44,325 · 1

Administrative for Children's Services

$22,151 · 3

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

Compare jurisdictions

Contract Specialist beyond New York City

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In New York City, the median of $67,477 ranks #5 of 7. See Contract Specialist across all of New York City →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

New York Public Authorities

$119,537 · 13

$116,933 · 146

$76,000 · 9

$69,882 · 1,352

$40,838 · 12

Franklin County, Ohio

$28,171 · 5

Median total compensation for comparable Contract Specialistroles 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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Allyson Walker-Basden

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$90,770

Base pay: $88,957
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,813
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $90,770
Hire date: 1996-06-23
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $91,816
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Allyson Walker-Basden works as a Contract Specialist for Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 1996, about 29 years. Allyson earned $90,770 in 2025.

Daniel Irizarry

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$90,476

Base pay: $88,819
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,657
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $90,476
Hire date: 2002-09-29
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $91,674
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Daniel Irizarry works as a Contract Specialist for Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Hired in 2002, they have about 23 years of service. Daniel earned $90,476 in 2025.

Deborah Steward

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$90,279

Base pay: $88,782
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,497
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $90,279
Hire date: 2003-08-25
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $91,636
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Deborah Steward works as a Contract Specialist for Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2003, about 22 years. Deborah earned $90,279 in 2025.

Sherif Salib

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$85,000

Base pay: $84,193
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $807
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $85,000
Hire date: 2012-03-19
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $86,878
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Sherif Salib works as a Contract Specialist for Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2012, about 13 years. Sherif earned $85,000 in 2025.

Tonya Davis

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$84,758

Base pay: $82,970
Overtime: $303
Other pay: $1,485
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $84,758
Hire date: 2000-03-13
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: E

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $86,312
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 6.5
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Tonya Davis holds the role of Contract Specialist at Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Hired in 2000, they have about 25 years of service. In 2025, their total compensation was $84,758.

Leslie-Ann Steele

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$83,017

Base pay: $82,634
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $383
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $83,017
Hire date: 2013-06-10
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: L

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $85,268
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Leslie-Ann Steele is a Contract Specialist at Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. They have served since 2013 (about 12 years). 2025 total compensation came to $83,017.

Markida Owens

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$81,349

Base pay: $79,753
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,596
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $81,349
Hire date: 1999-08-30
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: S

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $82,318
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Markida Owens holds the role of Contract Specialist at Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 1999, about 26 years. In 2025, their total compensation was $81,349.

Madelyn Morales

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$76,075

Base pay: $74,578
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,497
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $76,075
Hire date: 2002-08-04
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $76,979
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Madelyn Morales is a Contract Specialist at Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Hired in 2002, they have about 23 years of service. 2025 total compensation came to $76,075.

Evelyn Santiago

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$74,947

Base pay: $73,450
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,497
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $74,947
Hire date: 2003-08-24
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $75,815
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Evelyn Santiago holds the role of Contract Specialist at Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2003, about 22 years. In 2025, their total compensation was $74,947.

Annaliese Robertson

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$73,199

Base pay: $71,736
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,463
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $73,199
Hire date: 2003-08-25
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $75,767
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Annaliese Robertson works as a Contract Specialist for Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. They have served since 2003 (about 22 years). Annaliese earned $73,199 in 2025.

Anthony Walker

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$72,476

Base pay: $70,913
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,563
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $72,476
Hire date: 2003-08-24
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $73,197
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Anthony Walker is a Contract Specialist at Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Hired in 2003, they have about 22 years of service. 2025 total compensation came to $72,476.

Juanita Vargas

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$70,829

Base pay: $69,315
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $1,514
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $70,829
Hire date: 1996-06-23
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $71,548
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Juanita Vargas works as a Contract Specialist for Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. They have served since 1996 (about 29 years). Juanita earned $70,829 in 2025.

Shamonii Hinton

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$70,302

Base pay: $69,599
Overtime: $657
Other pay: $47
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $70,302
Hire date: 2019-03-25
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $71,818
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 15.75
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Shamonii Hinton works as a Contract Specialist for Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. They have served since 2019 (about 6 years). Shamonii earned $70,302 in 2025.

Devoria Alexander

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$66,370

Base pay: $66,222
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $149
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $66,370
Hire date: 2008-04-15
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: G

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $68,333
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 1,820

Devoria Alexander works as a Contract Specialist for Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Hired in 2008, they have about 17 years of service. Devoria earned $66,370 in 2025.

Pecolia Matthews Pearle

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$30,036

Base pay: $30,036
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $30,036
Hire date: 2023-08-07
Pay basis: Hourly
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: C

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $32
Leave Status as of June 30: Active
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 918.6

Pecolia Matthews Pearle holds the role of Contract Specialist at Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2023, about 2 years. In 2025, their total compensation was $30,036.

Philippe Beauvais

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$29,905

Base pay: $29,401
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $504
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $29,905
Hire date: 1996-06-23
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $88,590
Leave Status as of June 30: Ceased
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 602.8

Philippe Beauvais holds the role of Contract Specialist at Department of Youth & Community Development Services based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 1996, about 29 years. In 2025, their total compensation was $29,905.

Elaine Foster

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$11,740

Base pay: $11,482
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $258
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $11,740
Hire date: 2004-04-25
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: M

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $66,283
Leave Status as of June 30: Ceased
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 350

At Department of Youth & Community Development Services, Elaine Foster serves as a Contract Specialist based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2004, about 21 years. Their 2025 pay totaled $11,740.

Shirley O'Neal

Contract Specialist/Department of Youth & Community Development Services

2025 total comp

$681

Base pay: $671
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $11
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $681
Hire date: 2003-08-24
Pay basis: Annual
Work city: Manhattan
Middle name: A

Source-specific fields

Base Salary: $84,137
Leave Status as of June 30: Ceased
Overtime Hours: 0
Payroll Number: 261
Regular Hours: 11.5

At Department of Youth & Community Development Services, Shirley O'Neal serves as a Contract Specialist based in Manhattan. Their tenure dates to 2003, about 22 years. Their 2025 pay totaled $681.