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INVESTIGATOR

City of New York

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At a glance

Compensation
$48–58K/yr
Location
New York, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Fire Department of the City of New York seeks a full-time Investigator in the Bureau of Human Capital. The role conducts pre-employment background investigations for firefighters, EMS, Youth Force Program, and civilian titles; gathers and verifies candidate information; uses databases and information systems; maintains case files; and prepares case summaries for review. Applicants must be permanent City employees in the Investigator civil service title or have passed exam #5083.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Background Investigations, nice to haveInformation Verification, nice to haveDatabase Systems, nice to haveCase File Management, nice to haveCase Summary Preparation, nice to have

Qualifications

Investigator Title or Exam #5083, requiredHigh School Diploma or Equivalent, requiredTwo Years Investigator Experience or Associate Degree or Equivalent, required

Full job description

Job Description

NOTE: This position is open only to City of New York employees serving in the permanent civil service title of Investigator as well as candidates who have successfully completed and passed the exam #5083. Kindly include your final list number at the top of your resume.

The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the world's busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY members are sworn to serve and protect life and property and the Department works to continually educate the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness, along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865, FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation. This accomplishment requires a steadfast and daily commitment to maintaining the Department's core values.

The Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY), seeks a full-time Investigator in the Bureau of Human Capital. The successful candidate will:conduct pre-employment background investigations for the Firefighters, EMS, Youth Force Program and civilian titles according to applicable policies, procedures, regulation and Federal, State and local laws. The Investigators will gather and verify information received from candidates including but not limited to education, work experience, military experience and criminal history. The investigators will obtain information from various sources using databases/information systems, enter data into various databases and maintain case files. The position also entails preparing case summaries for review while performing related work and additional duties as assigned by supervision.

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Qualifications

  1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of satisfactory, full-time experience as an investigator evaluating credit worthiness, searching for assets, verifying information concerning education, experience, and other personal qualifications bearing upon character and fitness for employment; or performing investigations involving the research, compilation and/or location of evidence or information in order to build a case or uncover activities of a criminal, corrupt, unlawful or unethical nature; or

  2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college; or

  3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits, from an accredited college, for one year of full-time experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

Salary Min: $ 48,206.00

Salary Max: $ 57,737.00

How this job compares

Set against the 523 open Investigator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$48–58K/yr
  • New York median$71–89K/yr70 salary ranges
  • US median$70–100K/yr304 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $53K, is 33% below the New York median midpoint ($79K) — in the lowest quarter of Investigator salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 87 open Investigator jobs in New York and 523 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Investigator postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (369 postings).
Education
180 of the 523 open Investigator jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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