New Jersey Schools Development Authority
134 employees ยท Independent public authority
New Jersey Schools Development Authority is a substantial independent public authority, employing 134 people statewide.
The most common title is Program Officer (10% of staff), followed by Senior Program Officer and Senior Grant Analyst. Median pay is $101,876, about 36% above the statewide median. Only about 10% of its employees hold a title that matches a civil service specification. Most positions here use authority-specific, union-negotiated titles instead.
The New Jersey Schools Development Authority manages the state's school construction program, delivering new and renovated school buildings in the districts that receive state funded construction. It is a project delivery organization: it retains architects and contractors, oversees construction, and controls the program budget.
New Jersey Schools Development Authority recorded 134 employees on New Jersey's independent authority payroll as of December 31, 2025. That is 0.7% of the 19,416 people employed across the 16 authorities in this dataset, and the 8th largest headcount of the group. The payroll breaks down as 132 full time, 2 paid hourly.
The payroll is program officers and senior program officers, program and deputy program directors, grant analysts, auditors, engineers, and compliance inspectors. Overtime is close to nonexistent, which fits an organization that supervises contractors rather than performing the construction itself, and median pay sits among the highest on this list.
What New Jersey Schools Development Authority pays
Half of the employees at New Jersey Schools Development Authority earn more than $101,876 and half earn less. The middle half of the payroll falls between $81,105 and $123,151, and reported pay runs from $29,120 to $185,632. That median is 35.8% above the $75,005 median across the authority payroll as a whole. Overtime is rare on this payroll: 3 employees (2.2% of the workforce) recorded overtime, totaling $1,417, an average of $472 each among those who received any.
| Median salary | $101,876 |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | $81,105 |
| 75th percentile | $123,151 |
| Lowest reported | $29,120 |
| Highest reported | $185,632 |
| Employees with salary data | 134 |
A small number of part time and hourly records are included, annualized at 1,040 and 2,080 hours a year respectively, so the bottom of the range reflects them rather than a low full time salary. Extreme outliers are trimmed before the percentiles are calculated.
Jobs that exist only at New Jersey Schools Development Authority
120 of the 134 employees here work under titles the authority defines itself. Sorting those titles by the kind of work they cover says more about how the organization is staffed than the match rate does.
| Job family | Employees | Share of workforce |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative, program and professional staff | 53 | 39.6% |
| Other authority titles | 46 | 34.3% |
| Authority administration | 12 | 9% |
| Supervisors and field managers | 7 | 5.2% |
| Appointed and board positions | 4 | 3% |
These families are our own grouping of the 67 distinct authority titles the crosswalk records here, covering 122 of those employees. They are not an official classification, and the shares are given against total headcount at New Jersey Schools Development Authority.
Largest authority-specific titles
- PROGRAM OFFICER: 15 employees
- SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER: 12 employees
- HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST: 5 employees
- SENIOR GRANT ANALYST: 5 employees
- SENIOR AUDITOR: 4 employees
- DEPUTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR: 4 employees
- CONTROLLER: 4 employees
- PROGRAM DIRECTOR: 4 employees
Civil service titles and authority titles
14 of the 134 people on this payroll (10.4%) hold a job title whose name matches a New Jersey civil service specification. The other 120 work under titles that exist only inside the authority.
That percentage measures title naming and nothing more. A match is title text lining up with a published specification, not Title 11A status; the employer directory answers that question, and data sources explains the crosswalk.
Very few of these titles match civil service specifications. The authority built its own program officer ladder instead of using the state's analyst and administrator series, so its titles do not line up by name even where the work would be familiar to a state employee.
Civil service titles in use here
These are the titles at New Jersey Schools Development Authority that match a published specification. Each links to the specification, where you can read the definition, the requirements, and the salary range the state assigns to it.
- SENIOR FISCAL ANALYST: 2 employees
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: 2 employees
- SENIOR ENGINEER: 2 employees
Frequently asked questions
How many people work at New Jersey Schools Development Authority?
134 employees appear on the New Jersey Schools Development Authority payroll as of December 31, 2025, which is 0.7% of the 19,416 employees across New Jersey's independent public authorities.
What does New Jersey Schools Development Authority pay?
The median salary is $101,876, with the middle half of the payroll between $81,105 and $123,151 and reported pay ranging from $29,120 to $185,632.
Are New Jersey Schools Development Authority jobs civil service jobs?
10.4% of employees here hold a title that matches a New Jersey civil service specification by name. That compares title text, not Title 11A status: this authority recruits directly rather than through Commission exams and eligible lists.
What are the most common jobs at New Jersey Schools Development Authority?
The largest authority-specific titles are PROGRAM OFFICER (15 employees), SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER (12 employees), HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST (5 employees), SENIOR GRANT ANALYST (5 employees). Our authority title crosswalk records 67 distinct titles here with no civil service counterpart, which is normal for an independent authority: it writes its own classifications rather than drawing on the state classification plan.
Why do so few New Jersey Schools Development Authority titles match civil service specifications?
Very few of these titles match civil service specifications. The authority built its own program officer ladder instead of using the state's analyst and administrator series, so its titles do not line up by name even where the work would be familiar to a state employee.
About this data
New Jersey YourMoney authority payroll, snapshot dated December 31, 2025. New Jersey Schools Development Authority is not paid through the centralized state payroll, so these figures are never merged with state agency payroll on this site, and the dataset carries no hire date, so no tenure figures exist. Salary values mix annual and hourly records, and hourly rates are annualized before percentiles are calculated. Full method: data sources and methodology.
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