Appeals Examiner Family
Career series with 3 positions across 2 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Appeals Examiner names a 2-level progression covering 3 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Appeals Examiner 2, advancing through the ladder toward Appeals Examiner 1 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $66,592 to $134,900, around the 64th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 40 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Labor.
Appeals Examiner commonly advances into Examiner and License Examiner.
Positions in This Family
- APPEALS EXAMINER 2 (64683) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- APPEALS EXAMINER 1 (64684) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- SUPERVISING APPEALS EXAMINER (64685) $91,628 - $134,900/year
What the Appeals Examiner family covers
Appeals Examiner covers 3 title codes arranged into 2 levels of responsibility. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Legal titles in New Jersey split into two groups that look similar and are not. Deputy attorneys general, public defenders and public advocates are unclassified: they are appointed, not examined, and their pay is negotiated inside a schedule rather than earned by stepping through it. Hearing officers, appeals examiners and paralegal support titles are ordinary classified positions filled the usual way. Both groups cluster in Law and Public Safety, the Office of Administrative Law and the agencies that run their own hearings, so the work is closer to administrative adjudication than to courtroom practice.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Appeals Examiner rungs, listed from the best paid down. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.
- Supervising Appeals Examiner — $91,628 to $134,900 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
- Appeals Examiner 1 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a doctoral degree and 1 year of experience)
- Appeals Examiner 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Appeals Examiner 2 to the top of Supervising Appeals Examiner is $68,308, an increase of about 103% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Appeals Examiner 2: Under the direction of a Supervising Appeals Examiner in the Appeals Tribunal, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, investigates facts and circumstances…
- Appeals Examiner 1: Under the direction of a Supervising Appeals Examiner in the Appeals Tribunal, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, investigates facts and circumstances…
- Supervising Appeals Examiner: Under the direction of the Chief Appeals Examiner in the Appeals Tribunal, or other supervisory official in the Department of Labor and Workforce…
Requirements across the family
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a doctoral degree on 3 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 2 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
40 people appear on the state payroll under 3 of these titles, at 1 agency. Labor alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Labor — 40 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $73,257 for Appeals Examiner 2 up to $121,977 for Supervising Appeals Examiner. Those are medians of what people are really paid, not schedule minimums and maximums.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
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
Hiring for this family runs through state service. Departments, commissions and boards fill these titles from eligible lists built by the Civil Service Commission, so the route in is an announcement and a filing deadline rather than a posting you apply to directly. What state jurisdiction means, and a breakdown of who employs what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Appeals Examiner. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Chief Appeals Examiner ($68,455 to $95,846, state jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Title Examiner ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
- Title Examiner ($60,876 to $88,743, state jurisdiction)
- Budget Examiner (local jurisdiction)
- Report Examiner ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
- Managing Examiner ($71,879 to $100,638, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Appeals Examiner jobs
How many separate Appeals Examiner classifications does New Jersey have?
The Appeals Examiner family holds 3 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is an Appeals Examiner paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $66,592 at the bottom of Appeals Examiner 2 to $134,900 at the top of Supervising Appeals Examiner. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Is there a civil service test for Appeals Examiner?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 3 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What are the requirements to become an Appeals Examiner?
The most common education requirement in this family is a doctoral degree, named on 3 of the 3 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 2 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Appeals Examiner staff?
State payroll records show 40 people in this family across 1 agency, with Labor the largest at 40. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Appeals Examiner 1 higher or lower than Appeals Examiner 3?
In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.