This is from an article five years ago, so factor that in when talking about salaries.
I knew a couple niiggas who was making six figures working for Sanitation. Gig was dumb easy. They was usually back in the shop chilling by noon at the latest after getting the trash. I mentioned on here how this one cat at my old job, was working in the mailroom but when his number came up for Sanitation, threw a party at this club in Brooklyn. Son was handing out flyers and everything

and I wasn't mad at him either. He knew that in a few years he'd be close to six figures easy. I'd always said that Sanitation is the one job in NY that I would have stayed put for, but now in this new coronavirus era, I'm like

on that one
That pension keeps some of the OGs eating well, too...
https://nypost.com/2018/02/20/retired-sanitation-worker-rakes-in-285k-a-year-from-pension/