Administration & Human Resources
Principal Administrative Associate
$61,656 to $89,625 a year
Posted until October 10, 2026 · posted August 12, 2026
Requirements
Diploma + experience
Exam
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From ≈ $29.64 an hour · $2,371 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $12.64/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$2,363 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 9.8 subway rides ($3 fare).
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What they actually ask for.
High school diploma plus experience
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible
clerical/administrative
experience, one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing
clerical/administrative
work of more than moderate difficulty;
or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible
clerical/administrative
experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in
"1"
above;
or
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3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible
clerical/administrative
experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in
"1"
above;
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to
"1",
"2",
or
"3"
above.
However, all candidates must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in
"1"
above.
Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in
"1"
above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½ years.
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The work
What the job is.
The Office of Administrative Tax Appeals is a small NYC Agency that handles Administrative Tax Appeals and provides NYC property owners and taxpayers with an independent forum in which to appeal tax-related determinations of the New York City Department of Finance.
The successful candidate will play a key role in: • Accurately doing data entry in Agency’s computer systems to create and maintain records.
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- Scanning and filing documents and doing other basic clerical tasks.
- Providing administrative support for Agency operations include answering Agency phone and greeting visitors.
- Preparing simple correspondence and assisting staff with other routine administrative needs.
Candidates should be organized and reliable.
Candidate should be experienced in PC software, particularly Word and Excel.
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
Live in NYC within 90 days (usually)
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
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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