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Catastrophic Illness in Children

9 employees · NJ state government agency

Catastrophic Illness in Children is one of New Jersey's smallest agencies, with just 9 employees on record.

Its roster includes Medical Social Work Consultant 1, Secretarial Assistant 3, Administrative Analyst 4, Program Specialist 1, and Program Specialist 3. Median pay is $130,339, about 54% above the statewide median.

Median tenure is 21.2 years, longer than the statewide median of 9.6 years. CWA represents the largest share of its unionized workforce (about 89%).

About Catastrophic Illness in Children

The Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund helps New Jersey families with medical expenses for a child's illness that are not covered by insurance or other programs. Families apply directly, and the fund reimburses eligible costs above a threshold tied to household income.

The whole operation runs on a handful of staff. A medical social work consultant reviews the clinical side of applications, and program specialists at graded levels handle eligibility and reimbursement. Median tenure here is among the longest of any line on the state payroll, which for a program built on case-by-case judgment about medical hardship matters more than the headcount suggests.

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.

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 $89,810 and $136,605, a ratio of 1.52 between the two quartiles. State government as a whole sits at 1.80, 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$61,382
  • Lower quartile$89,810
    statewide $62,428
  • Median salary$130,339
    statewide $84,548
  • Upper quartile$136,605
    statewide $112,646
  • Highest recorded salary$160,000

Based on 9 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.

  • CWA8 employees
    88.9% of the agency

Union coverage is identifiable for 89% 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 21.2 years, against a statewide median of 9.6. 22% joined within the last five years, and 56% have twenty years or more behind them.

  • Under 5 years2 employees
    22.2% of those with a hire date
  • 5 to 10 years0 employees
    0.0% of those with a hire date
  • 10 to 15 years0 employees
    0.0% of those with a hire date
  • 15 to 20 years2 employees
    22.2% of those with a hire date
  • 20 to 25 years2 employees
    22.2% of those with a hire date
  • 25 years or more3 employees
    33.3% of those with a hire date

Hire dates are present for 9 of this agency's 9 payroll records.

Civil service coverage

89% of this agency's payroll records carry a title that matches a published civil service specification. The rest are unclassified, exempt or agency-specific positions filled outside the competitive examination process, so the standard exam and eligible list route covers most but not all of the jobs here.

  • Records matched to a specification8
  • Records with no matching specification1
  • Distinct civil service titles on the roster6

Where it sits among state agencies

By headcount this is the 37th largest of the 39 payroll lines in New Jersey state government, under a twentieth of one percent of the state workforce.

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