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Office of Information Technology

583 employees · NJ state government agency

Office of Information Technology is a substantial state agency, employing 583 people statewide.

The most common title is Information Technology Specialist (13% of staff), followed by Data Processing Systems Programmer 2 and Network Administrator 2. Median pay is $111,094, about 31% above the statewide median.

Median tenure is 10.6 years, longer than the statewide median of 9.6 years. CWA represents the largest share of its unionized workforce (about 92%).

About Office of Information Technology

The New Jersey Office of Information Technology runs shared technology for the executive branch: the state data centers and networks, common infrastructure, and the applications that other departments depend on. Agencies with their own technology staff still rely on OIT for the layer underneath.

Nearly the whole roster is technical. Information technology specialists, systems programmers, network administrators, technical support specialists and software development specialists make up most of the payroll, generally at a level 1 and level 2 grade pair. The agency has one of the highest median salaries and one of the highest civil service match rates in state government, because IT titles are well defined in the classification plan and almost everyone here holds one.

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.

49 further titles appear on this agency's payroll, 61 in all.

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 $90,253 and $132,216, a ratio of 1.46 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$41,416
  • Lower quartile$90,253
    statewide $62,428
  • Median salary$111,094
    statewide $84,548
  • Upper quartile$132,216
    statewide $112,646
  • Highest recorded salary$184,000

Based on 582 salaried records, with 2 statistical outliers excluded from the quartile calculation.

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.

  • CWA536 employees
    91.9% of the agency
  • IBEW23 employees
    3.9% of the agency
  • IFPTE1 employee
    0.2% of the agency

Union coverage is identifiable for 96% 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 10.6 years, against a statewide median of 9.6. 29% joined within the last five years, and 27% have twenty years or more behind them.

  • Under 5 years163 employees
    28.5% of those with a hire date
  • 5 to 10 years99 employees
    17.3% of those with a hire date
  • 10 to 15 years107 employees
    18.7% of those with a hire date
  • 15 to 20 years47 employees
    8.2% of those with a hire date
  • 20 to 25 years70 employees
    12.3% of those with a hire date
  • 25 years or more85 employees
    14.9% of those with a hire date

Hire dates are present for 571 of this agency's 583 payroll records.

Overtime

92 employees here recorded overtime, 15.8% of the agency, against 29.6% across state government. Little overtime usually means salaried professional work with no shift to fill.

Together they were paid $208,172 in overtime, averaging $2,263 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 overtime92
  • Share of the agency15.8%
  • Total overtime paid$208,172
  • Average per employee earning it$2,263

Civil service coverage

97% 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 specification566
  • Records with no matching specification17
  • Distinct civil service titles on the roster61

Where it sits among state agencies

By headcount this is the 19th largest of the 39 payroll lines in New Jersey state government, holding 0.8% of the state workforce.

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