Accountant/auditor Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
In New Jersey, Accountant/Auditor 1 Data Processing is filled through the competitive process: candidates take a civil service exam and are hired off a ranked list, not picked at will.
The stated bar is a bachelor's degree, but candidates can swap in added experience for the diploma. The FY2027 range lands between $91,628 and $134,900.
Accountant/Auditor is a single-title classification family: Accountant/Auditor 1 Data Processing is the only position in it.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- ACCOUNTANT/AUDITOR 1 DATA PROCESSING (53345) $91,628 - $134,900/year
What the Accountant/Auditor family covers
Accountant/Auditor is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Money titles are among the most portable in New Jersey government. The accounting, audit, budget and revenue series run in near-identical form at the state, in county finance offices and inside local civil service jurisdictions, which is why the same family often appears with both state and local codes. Requirements usually lean on a degree with accounting coursework rather than a license, and the CPA sits above the entry bar rather than at it. Promotion tends to follow the ledger: staff work first, then review of other people's work, then responsibility for a whole fund or program.
Two jobs in one title
Accountant/Auditor is a consolidated title: one position carrying the duties of Accountant and Auditor at once, held by a single employee expected to do both. Small New Jersey employers use these when one function will not fill a whole position, so the Commission classifies the combined job rather than forcing it into one box or the other.
Separately, Accountant is its own family of 8 title codes across 3 levels, and Auditor is its own family of 16 title codes across 3 levels. This consolidation holds 1 code, which is the usual pattern, since a consolidated title is normally created for the one jurisdiction that asked for it. Read the component specifications alongside this one, because the requirements of both halves apply.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Accountant/Auditor 1 Data Processing: Under the direction of a Supervising Accountant/Auditor, Data Processing, or other supervisor in a state department or agency having responsibility…
Requirements across the family
Across the 1 title we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 1 of them. Experience requirements sit at 4 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Accountant/Auditor. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Auditor Accountant Trainee (local jurisdiction)
- Auditor Accountant Trainee ($55,691 to $58,222, state jurisdiction)
- Auditor Accountant Trainee ($53,282 to $55,691, state jurisdiction)
- Accountant (local jurisdiction)
- Accountant 1 ($83,582 to $122,832, state jurisdiction) — in the Accountant family
- Chief Accountant (local jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
Common questions about Accountant/Auditor jobs
How many Accountant/Auditor titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Accountant/Auditor family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Accountant/Auditor earn in New Jersey?
Accountant/Auditor 1 Data Processing is published at $91,628 to $134,900. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become an Accountant/Auditor?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 1 title are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does an Accountant/Auditor need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 1 of the 1 title. Stated experience ranges from 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.