NJ FY2027 Compensation Compendium
Free NJ state employee salary lookup: enter a salary range code to see the full FY 2027 pay scale, with min, max, and every step. 45 ranges across 17 bargaining units.
What Is the Compensation Compendium?
The NJ Compensation Compendium is an annual publication by the NJ Civil Service Commission that defines salary schedules, salary ranges, and pay step increments for all classified state employees. The FY2027 compendium covers the period July 11, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
Employee Relations Groups (ERGs)
Salary schedules are organized by Employee Relations Group (ERG), which corresponds to the bargaining unit or union for each position. The main ERG schedule types include:
- A-P-R-S — Administrative, Professional, Supervisory, and general state employees (CWA-represented)
- M — Managerial employees (IBEW-represented, ranges 28–45)
- L & FA — Law enforcement and state police units (PBA-represented)
- 1 & 2 — Superior officers and primary supervisory correctional staff
Explore salary data and ERG schedules or search job specifications for specific pay ranges.
Further Reading
Pay & Compensation · 2026-07-10
How NJ state salary steps actually work (with FY2026 numbers)
What "Range P25" on a New Jersey state job posting means: ERG prefixes, salary steps, annual increments, and the full FY2026 step ladders for three real titles.
Pay & Compensation · 2026-07-10
Step 9 hiring incentives: the NJ titles where you can start at a much higher salary
New Jersey lets agencies hire more than 100 job titles at up to salary step 9 instead of step 1, worth $11,854 to $65,271 a year. Every eligible FY2026 title, with the actual dollar amounts.
The rules behind this guide
The published text of the regulations this page describes, with amendment history and the decisions that have applied them.
- N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.1 — General provisions on compensation in State service.
- N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.5 — Anniversary dates, and the extended waiting periods before steps 9 and 10.
- N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.9 — Advancement pay adjustments on promotion.
- N.J.A.C. 4A:3-5.2 — The overtime definitions the workweek codes in the compendium rest on.