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Board of the Public Utility

251 employees · NJ state government agency

Board of the Public Utility is a substantial state agency, employing 251 people statewide.

The most common title is Administrative Analyst 3 (10% of staff), followed by Administrative Analyst 4 and Senior Executive Service. Median pay is $103,187, about 22% above the statewide median.

Median tenure is 7.8 years, shorter than the statewide median of 9.6 years. CWA represents the largest share of its unionized workforce (about 77%).

About Board of the Public Utility

The Board of Public Utilities regulates New Jersey's electric, gas, water and telecommunications utilities. It approves rates, oversees service reliability and safety, and administers the state's clean energy program.

The board staffs itself mostly with analysts. Administrative analysts at four graded levels carry the case and policy work, supported by program specialists and engineers on the technical review. There are no field or facility titles here to speak of, which is why overtime is close to zero and median pay sits well above the statewide figure. Senior Executive Service appointments appear in the roster as well, reflecting the number of policy-level positions in a small regulatory body.

Who works here

These are the titles that carry the most people on this payroll. Each one links to its civil service specification, which sets out the duties, the minimum requirements and the salary range.

58 further titles appear on this agency's payroll, 70 in all. Senior Executive Service, Government Representative 2, Government Representative 1 are catch-all titles used for very different jobs across agencies, so the median pay shown against them covers a wide mix of roles and does not describe a single position.

Titles you will not find elsewhere

4 of this agency's titles are concentrated here rather than shared across departments, and for 4 of them every single position in the state sits on this payroll.

Concentration is measured against the same payroll file, comparing this agency's headcount in a title with the statewide headcount in that title.

How pay is spread

Below are the quartile boundaries for this agency's salaries, with the statewide equivalents alongside them for reference.

The middle half of this agency's employees earn between $77,665 and $131,058, a ratio of 1.69 between the two quartiles. State government as a whole sits at 1.81, so this agency's pay is bunched more tightly than average, which tends to happen where one or two large titles carry most of the staff.

  • Lowest recorded salary$42,990
  • Lower quartile$77,665
    statewide $62,428
  • Median salary$103,187
    statewide $84,796
  • Upper quartile$131,058
    statewide $113,264
  • Highest recorded salary$210,000

Based on 251 salaried records.

Union representation

Which contract covers a job decides its salary schedule, its step ladder and its grievance route. This is the union mix on this payroll.

  • CWA194 employees
    77.3% of the agency
  • IBEW3 employees
    1.2% of the agency

Union coverage is identifiable for 78% of this agency's payroll records. The remainder are unclassified, exempt or managerial positions that sit outside a bargaining unit.

How long people stay

Tenure tells you something a salary table cannot: whether this is a place people arrive at or a place they stay.

Half of this agency's employees have been on the state payroll longer than 7.8 years, well short of the statewide median of 9.6. 41% joined within the last five years, and 29% have twenty years or more behind them.

  • Under 5 years100 employees
    40.8% of those with a hire date
  • 5 to 10 years40 employees
    16.3% of those with a hire date
  • 10 to 15 years26 employees
    10.6% of those with a hire date
  • 15 to 20 years9 employees
    3.7% of those with a hire date
  • 20 to 25 years38 employees
    15.5% of those with a hire date
  • 25 years or more32 employees
    13.1% of those with a hire date

Hire dates are present for 245 of this agency's 251 payroll records.

Overtime

4 employees here recorded overtime, 1.6% of the agency, against 31.6% across state government. Little overtime usually means salaried professional work with no shift to fill.

Together they were paid $7,760 in overtime, averaging $1,940 for each employee who earned any. Overtime is not part of the salary figures elsewhere on this page, which report base pay.

  • Employees with recorded overtime4
  • Share of the agency1.6%
  • Total overtime paid$7,760
  • Average per employee earning it$1,940

Civil service coverage

94% of this agency's payroll records carry a title that matches a published civil service specification. That is a high match rate, and it means the hiring routes described elsewhere on this site apply to most jobs here: an announced examination, an eligible list, and appointment from that list.

  • Records matched to a specification236
  • Records with no matching specification15
  • Distinct civil service titles on the roster70

Where it sits among state agencies

By headcount this is the 24th largest of the 39 payroll lines in New Jersey state government, holding 0.3% of the state workforce.

Its nearest neighbours by headcount, for readers who want a like-for-like comparison.