Department of Treasury

Department of Treasury is one of New Jersey's largest state agencies, employing 3,666 people.

The most common title is Auditor 2 Taxation (4% of staff), followed by Taxpayer Service Representative 1 and Pensions Benefits Specialist 1. Median pay is $82,173, about 3% below the statewide median. About 83% of its employees are mapped to a civil service title specification, lower than most state agencies because it employs more agency-specific or unclassified roles.

Median tenure is 11.0 years, longer than the statewide median of 9.6 years. CWA represents the largest share of its unionized workforce (about 81%).

About Department of Treasury

The Department of the Treasury collects state revenue and manages the state's money. Taxation, pensions and benefits, revenue and enterprise services, purchase and property, and investment all sit inside it, which means the department both audits taxpayers and administers the retirement systems its colleagues in other agencies belong to.

Almost every large title here is specific to one of those functions. Taxation auditors and investigators at graded levels handle compliance, taxpayer service representatives handle the counter and phone work, and pensions and benefits specialists administer PERS, PFRS and TPAF membership. The pensions specialist trainee grade is one of the state's better-known entry titles. Administrative analysts fill the general policy and operations roles across the divisions.

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.

• Auditor 2 Taxation139 employees
  3.8% of staff · median $106,040 · CWA
• Taxpayer Service Representative 1123 employees
  3.4% of staff · median $58,818 · CWA
• Pensions Benefits Specialist 1115 employees
  3.1% of staff · median $61,382 · CWA
• Investigator 2 Taxation114 employees
  3.1% of staff · median $89,146 · CWA
• Administrative Analyst 395 employees
  2.6% of staff · median $103,509 · CWA
• Auditor 1 Taxation78 employees
  2.1% of staff · median $73,257 · CWA
• Pensions Benefits Specialist Trainee73 employees
  2.0% of staff · median $51,480 · CWA
• Taxpayer Service Representative 272 employees
  2.0% of staff · median $88,117 · CWA
• Investigator 3 Taxation72 employees
  2.0% of staff · median $64,203 · CWA
• Investigator 1 Taxation70 employees
  1.9% of staff · median $113,264 · CWA
• Technical Assistant 1 Treasury69 employees
  1.9% of staff · median $71,403 · CWA
• Auditor 3 Taxation67 employees
  1.8% of staff · median $120,384 · CWA

At least 100 distinct titles appear on this agency's payroll. The 12 largest are listed above.

Titles you will not find elsewhere

A useful way to read an agency is by what only it employs. 41 titles on this roster are held overwhelmingly here, including 40 that exist nowhere else in state government.

• Auditor 2 Taxationall 139 statewide
  only at this agency
• Taxpayer Service Representative 1all 123 statewide
  only at this agency
• Pensions Benefits Specialist 1all 115 statewide
  only at this agency
• Investigator 2 Taxationall 114 statewide
  only at this agency
• Auditor 1 Taxationall 78 statewide
  only at this agency
• Pensions Benefits Specialist Traineeall 73 statewide
  only at this agency
• Taxpayer Service Representative 2all 72 statewide
  only at this agency
• Investigator 3 Taxationall 72 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 $61,510 and $108,073, a ratio of 1.76 between the two quartiles. That is about the same spread as state government as a whole (1.80).

• Lowest recorded salary$15,750
• Lower quartile$61,510
  statewide $62,428
• Median salary$82,173
  statewide $84,548
• Upper quartile$108,073
  statewide $112,646
• Highest recorded salary$185,150

Based on 3,471 salaried records, with 56 statistical outliers excluded from the quartile calculation.

Union representation

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

• CWA2,954 employees
  80.6% of the agency
• IFPTE139 employees
  3.8% of the agency
• IBEW109 employees
  3.0% of the agency

Union coverage is identifiable for 87% 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 11.0 years, against a statewide median of 9.6. 33% joined within the last five years, and 30% have twenty years or more behind them.

• Under 5 years1,200 employees
  33.3% of those with a hire date
• 5 to 10 years541 employees
  15.0% of those with a hire date
• 10 to 15 years373 employees
  10.4% of those with a hire date
• 15 to 20 years397 employees
  11.0% of those with a hire date
• 20 to 25 years552 employees
  15.3% of those with a hire date
• 25 years or more538 employees
  14.9% of those with a hire date

Hire dates are present for 3,601 of this agency's 3,666 payroll records.

Overtime

294 employees here recorded overtime, 8.0% 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 $648,196 in overtime, averaging $2,205 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 overtime294
• Share of the agency8.0%
• Total overtime paid$648,196
• Average per employee earning it$2,205

Civil service coverage

83% 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 specification3,045
• Records with no matching specification621
• Distinct civil service titles on the roster100 or more

Where it sits among state agencies

By headcount this is the 9th largest of the 39 payroll lines in New Jersey state government, holding 5.0% of the state workforce.

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

• Department of Environmental Protection4,647 employees
  median $86,027
• Department of Transportation3,805 employees
  median $76,834
• Department of Labor3,249 employees
  median $77,144
• Motor Vehicle Commission2,850 employees
  median $66,142

Study guides for this exam

• Civil Service Arithmetic National Learning Corporation · $39.94
• Civil Service Grammar and Usage National Learning Corporation · $34.95
• Civil Service Administration, Management and Supervision National Learning Corporation · $55.95
• Clerical, Office & Administrative Support Positions (COAST) (Career Examination) National Learning Corporation · $39.95
• Logical Reasoning National Learning Corporation · $29.95
• In-Basket Examination National Learning Corporation · $49.95
• GRAPHS, CHARTS AND TABLES (Tabular Material) National Learning Corporation · $39.94
• Abstract Reasoning / Spatial Relations National Learning Corporation · $49.95
• CIVIL SERVICE READING COMPREHENSION (General Aptitude and Abilities Series) (Passbooks) National Learning Corporation · $39.95 · general prep, not specific to this title

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