Office of Information Technology

Office of Information Technology is a substantial state agency, employing 577 people statewide.

The most common title is Information Technology Specialist (13% of staff), followed by Data Processing Systems Programmer 1 and Software Development Specialist 2. Median pay is $111,094, about 31% above the statewide median.

Median tenure is 10.9 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.

• Information Technology Specialist73 employees
  12.7% of staff · median $88,117 · CWA
• Data Processing Systems Programmer 153 employees
  9.2% of staff · median $127,826 · CWA
• Software Development Specialist 239 employees
  6.8% of staff · median $107,301 · CWA
• Network Administrator 238 employees
  6.6% of staff · median $133,961 · CWA
• Technical Support Specialist 238 employees
  6.6% of staff · median $100,459 · CWA
• Administrative Analyst 334 employees
  5.9% of staff · median $107,301 · CWA
• Network Administrator 124 employees
  4.2% of staff · median $118,678 · CWA
• Supervisor Information Technology22 employees
  3.8% of staff · median $145,265 · CWA
• Software Development Specialist 319 employees
  3.3% of staff · median $136,605 · CWA
• Telecommunications Systems Analyst17 employees
  2.9% of staff · median $113,439
• Administrative Analyst 416 employees
  2.8% of staff · median $136,605 · CWA
• Software Development Specialist 115 employees
  2.6% of staff · median $71,771 · CWA

51 further titles appear on this agency's payroll, 63 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.

• Coordinator Emergency Telecommunications Systemsall 6 statewide
  only at this agency
• Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 2all 4 statewide
  only at this agency
• Supervising Computer Operatorall 3 statewide
  only at this agency
• Data Processing Scheduler 2all 3 statewide
  only at this agency

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 $91,090 and $133,961, a ratio of 1.47 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$43,237
• Lower quartile$91,090
  statewide $62,428
• Median salary$111,094
  statewide $84,796
• Upper quartile$133,961
  statewide $113,264
• Highest recorded salary$184,000

Based on 576 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.

• CWA531 employees
  92.0% of the agency
• IBEW23 employees
  4.0% 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 10.9 years, against a statewide median of 9.6. 26% joined within the last five years, and 27% have twenty years or more behind them.

• Under 5 years144 employees
  25.7% of those with a hire date
• 5 to 10 years107 employees
  19.1% of those with a hire date
• 10 to 15 years113 employees
  20.1% of those with a hire date
• 15 to 20 years46 employees
  8.2% of those with a hire date
• 20 to 25 years62 employees
  11.1% of those with a hire date
• 25 years or more89 employees
  15.9% of those with a hire date

Hire dates are present for 561 of this agency's 577 payroll records.

Overtime

101 employees here recorded overtime, 17.5% 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 $341,568 in overtime, averaging $3,382 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 overtime101
• Share of the agency17.5%
• Total overtime paid$341,568
• Average per employee earning it$3,382

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 specification559
• Records with no matching specification18
• Distinct civil service titles on the roster63

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.

• Department of Education766 employees
  median $118,678
• New Jersey State Parole Board703 employees
  median $99,902
• Department of Banking & Insurance481 employees
  median $80,756
• Military Affairs476 employees
  median $71,403