New Jersey State Parole Board

New Jersey State Parole Board runs a workforce of 703 employees, putting it among New Jersey's larger state agencies.

The most common title is Senior Parole Officer (48% of staff), followed by Parole Sergeant and Parole Officer Recruit. Median pay is $99,902, about 18% above the statewide median.

Median tenure is 9.6 years. PBA represents the largest share of its unionized workforce (about 51%).

About New Jersey State Parole Board

The State Parole Board decides who is released on parole and supervises them afterwards. Its parole officers are sworn law enforcement, carrying out field supervision, arrests and warrant service rather than office casework.

Senior parole officer is the dominant title, with sergeants and lieutenants above it in a conventional law enforcement rank structure, and a recruit grade as the entry point. Parole counselors handle the treatment and program side. Board members appear on the payroll as their own title, since the release decision itself is made by appointed members rather than by staff. Officer titles are PBA-represented and paid on a law enforcement schedule, which is why the median here sits well above the statewide figure for an agency of this size.

Who works here

Ranked by headcount, these are the jobs that make up most of this agency's payroll. Follow any title through to its specification for the duties and requirements behind it.

• Senior Parole Officer340 employees
  48.4% of staff · median $99,902 · PBA Local 105
• Parole Sergeant54 employees
  7.7% of staff · median $137,765 · NJLESA
• Parole Officer Recruit22 employees
  3.1% of staff · median $63,268 · PBA Local 105
• Parole Lieutenant19 employees
  2.7% of staff · median $151,137 · NJSOLEA
• Senior Clerk Typist18 employees
  2.6% of staff · median $42,990 · CWA
• Member, State Parole Board18 employees
  2.6% of staff · median $140,000
• Communications Operator 112 employees
  1.7% of staff · median $52,712 · IFPTE
• Principal Parole Counselor State Parole Board12 employees
  1.7% of staff · median $94,327 · CWA
• Senior Parole Counselor State Parole Board12 employees
  1.7% of staff · median $77,715 · CWA
• Social Worker 210 employees
  1.4% of staff · median $56,253 · CWA
• Senior Investigator Parole And Secured Facilities7 employees
  1.0% of staff · median $150,254 · FOP
• Parole Captain7 employees
  1.0% of staff · median $173,706 · NJLECOA

56 further titles appear on this agency's payroll, 68 in all.

Titles you will not find elsewhere

A useful way to read an agency is by what only it employs. 8 titles on this roster are held overwhelmingly here, including 8 that exist nowhere else in state government.

• Senior Parole Officerall 340 statewide
  only at this agency
• Parole Sergeantall 54 statewide
  only at this agency
• Parole Officer Recruitall 22 statewide
  only at this agency
• Parole Lieutenantall 19 statewide
  only at this agency
• Member, State Parole Boardall 18 statewide
  only at this agency
• Principal Parole Counselor State Parole Boardall 12 statewide
  only at this agency
• Senior Parole Counselor State Parole Boardall 12 statewide
  only at this agency
• Parole Captainall 7 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

Median pay on its own hides how wide an agency's ladder is. These are the quartiles, set against the same points in the statewide distribution.

The middle half of this agency's employees earn between $83,247 and $136,499, a ratio of 1.64 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$39,681
• Lower quartile$83,247
  statewide $62,428
• Median salary$99,902
  statewide $84,796
• Upper quartile$136,499
  statewide $113,264
• Highest recorded salary$185,000

Based on 687 salaried records.

Union representation

Bargaining unit representation across the agency. The unit a title falls into determines which salary schedule it is paid from.

• PBA362 employees
  51.5% of the agency
• CWA192 employees
  27.3% of the agency
• IFPTE17 employees
  2.4% of the agency
• FOP9 employees
  1.3% of the agency
• IBEW2 employees
  0.3% of the agency

Union coverage is identifiable for 83% of this agency's payroll records. The remainder are unclassified, exempt or managerial positions that sit outside a bargaining unit.

How long people stay

The length of service profile below is worth reading alongside the pay figures, because a long-tenured workforce sits higher on its step ladders.

Half of this agency's employees have been on the state payroll longer than 9.6 years, essentially the statewide figure of 9.6. 28% joined within the last five years, and 24% have twenty years or more behind them.

• Under 5 years193 employees
  28.1% of those with a hire date
• 5 to 10 years165 employees
  24.1% of those with a hire date
• 10 to 15 years118 employees
  17.2% of those with a hire date
• 15 to 20 years45 employees
  6.6% of those with a hire date
• 20 to 25 years93 employees
  13.6% of those with a hire date
• 25 years or more72 employees
  10.5% of those with a hire date

Hire dates are present for 686 of this agency's 703 payroll records.

Overtime

365 employees here recorded overtime, 51.9% of the agency, against 31.6% across state government. Agencies that have to cover a post around the clock always sit above that line.

Together they were paid $1,592,996 in overtime, averaging $4,364 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 overtime365
• Share of the agency51.9%
• Total overtime paid$1,592,996
• Average per employee earning it$4,364

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 specification623
• Records with no matching specification80
• Distinct civil service titles on the roster68

Where it sits among state agencies

By headcount this is the 18th largest of the 39 payroll lines in New Jersey state government, holding 0.9% of the state workforce.

These are the agencies closest to it in size, which makes them the fairest comparison for pay and tenure.

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