Building Operations & Maintenance
Elevator Operator
$39,970 to $54,268 a year
Posted until October 8, 2026 · posted September 18, 2026
Requirements
No education or experience needed
Exam
Labor class
Unskilled labor jobs, where a competitive exam is not practical. No civil service exam.
From ≈ $19.22 an hour · $1,537 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $2.22/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$1,532 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 6.4 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
No education or experience needed
Qualification Requirements
- There are no formal educational or experience requirements for this position.
- There are certain medical and physical requirements.
Quoted word for word from the official posting. The label above is ours, read from this text; if they disagree, this text wins.
The work
What the job is.
Duties include but not limited to:
- Invoice analysis - Curing of vendor submitted invoices, documents, issue a certificate of acceptance
- Forward to field Supervisor of Elevator Mechanic for final review/amendments which confirms what work was and was not performed.
- Vendor outreach - email correspondence, phone communication
- Data storage - uploading invoices (share drive, spread sheets, Amended invoice tracker) physical copying & filing.
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Additional Information
- NYCHA employees applying for transfer, promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
- NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.
Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.
Skills they'd like
Knowledge of Maximo and Oracle.
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
NYCHA has no residency requirements.
How to apply, from the posting
Click the "Apply" button.
Sources
Straight from the city.
Updated every day from the city's job data (last city update September 21, 2026). You apply through the official posting.
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