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CCRB investigator salaries, promotions, and comparisons to other agencies
3:45:10
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Council Member Salaam inquires about CCRB investigator salaries, promotion timelines, and potential linkage to other agency investigator salaries.
- Starting salary for level one investigator is $47,601
- Salary increases with promotions and longevity
- CCRB would support linking investigator salaries to other agencies, but negotiations are handled by OLR
Yusef Salaam
3:45:10
Last budget hearing we heard that the starting salary for investigators is $46,000.
3:45:17
Is that still the starting salary or has there been an increase for COLA since we last discussed this?
Jonathan Darche
3:45:27
So a level one investigator makes $47,601 a year.
Yusef Salaam
3:45:46
You said $4,747,601?
Jonathan Darche
3:45:49
Yes, sir.
Yusef Salaam
3:45:53
What is the salary range for each investigator and when do investigators receive longevity increases?
3:45:59
How long on average does an investigator work at the CCRB before being promoted to the next level?
Dr. Mohammad Khalid
3:46:06
Go ahead, John.
Jonathan Darche
3:46:08
So after a year, if after a year, all investigators become get paid at the incumbent rate, which increases their salary to $54,741 I'm sorry, that's actually incorrect.
3:46:26
It's two years before you become an incumbent.
3:46:29
We try to promote our investigators who have met the qualifications to get promoted after a year.
3:46:37
A level two investigator would get $56,928 A level two investigator, after they get to their second year, becomes an incumbent, and their salary is $65,467 a year.
3:46:57
The promotion from level two to level three takes a little bit more time.
3:47:04
Generally, a year and a half as a level two investigator before you can become a level three investigator.
3:47:11
Sometimes shorter, sometimes longer.
3:47:13
It depends on the investigator and how they're doing.
3:47:17
A level three investigator is almost always an incumbent.
3:47:23
An an incumbent level three investigator gets $77,936 per year.
3:47:29
That's their salary.
Yusef Salaam
3:47:34
Would you support linking your investigator salaries to other agency investigator salaries?
3:47:40
You know for instance, the NYPD associate investigator salary is 66,000 to 85,000, average salary of the CCRB is 73,000.
3:47:54
I'm sorry the average salary of 73,000.
3:47:56
CCRB salaries are 48,000 to $80,000 on average 66,000.
Jonathan Darche
3:48:13
Yeah.
3:48:13
So we we would support increasing the salaries of our investigators.
3:48:20
And if that is the best way to do it is to link it to another investigator's salary, another investigate another agency's investigator's salary, then we would support it.
3:48:31
But right now, our investigators are part of DC thirty seven, and OLR negotiates their salaries and their titles separately from these other agency titles.
3:48:47
The CCRB investigator is a unique civil service title.
3:48:51
So we would support linking it if that's the best way to do it.
3:48:55
But we have no control over the negotiations with the union about CCRB investigator salaries that's done through OLR without CCRB's input.
3:49:12
And I'm sure you know, Mr.
3:49:15
Chair, but OLR is the Office of Labor Relations for the city.
3:49:18
And I use too many acronyms, I apologize.