Assistant Chief State Investigator Family
Career series with 1 positions
Assistant Chief State Investigator, Department of Law & Public Safety is an unclassified role, so it is appointed at the discretion of the hiring authority and does not carry the usual exam-and-tenure track.
You can qualify with a bachelor's degree or, if you do not have one, by piling up more experience instead. The published schedule for this title runs $79,246 to $110,957, but it is frozen at an older rate and these titles are typically paid off-schedule, so actual pay is often higher.
Assistant Chief State Investigator is a single-title classification family: Assistant Chief State Investigator, Department of Law & Public Safety is the only position in it. Assistant Chief State Investigator supervises titles such as Investigator and State Budget Specialist.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- ASSISTANT CHIEF STATE INVESTIGATOR, DEPARTMENT OF LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY (32936) $79,246 - $110,957/year
What the Assistant Chief State Investigator family covers
In New Jersey's classification plan, Assistant Chief State Investigator stands alone. The family holds one title code rather than a graded series. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Public safety classifications are built around rank rather than around grade, so advancement means competing for a different title instead of climbing steps in the current one. Entry requirements are unusually hard-edged: age limits, residency rules, medical and psychological screening, and an academy that must be completed after appointment rather than before it. Pay comes from separate schedules negotiated by separate unions, and those schedules often carry a contract-negotiated jump near the top of the ladder that the civilian tables do not have.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Assistant Chief State Investigator, Department of Law & Public Safety: Under general direction of the Chief State Investigator in the…
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 1 year wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is unclassified, which means appointment at the employer's discretion and salary set individually.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the M salary schedule. See every step in that schedule.
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 Assistant Chief State Investigator. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Special Investigator, State Lottery ($60,876 to $88,743, state jurisdiction)
- Chief of Detectives - State Investigator — in the Chief family
- State Investigator 1, Law and Public Safety ($66,592 to $97,354, state jurisdiction) — in the State Investigator family
- Supervising Special Investigator, State Lottery ($87,507 to $128,719, state jurisdiction)
- State Investigator Trainee, Law and Public Safety (state jurisdiction)
- State Investigator Trainee, Law and Public Safety ($58,222 to $60,876, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Assistant Chief State Investigator jobs
How many separate Assistant Chief State Investigator classifications does New Jersey have?
The Assistant Chief State Investigator family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is an Assistant Chief State Investigator paid?
Assistant Chief State Investigator, Department of Law & Public Safety is published at $79,246 to $110,957. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Is there a civil service test for Assistant Chief State Investigator?
Mostly no. 1 of the 1 title here are unclassified, so appointment is at the employer's discretion rather than from an eligible list, and salary is set individually rather than by a published step. That also makes cross-agency salary comparison less reliable for these titles.
What are the requirements to become an Assistant Chief State Investigator?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 1 of the 1 title. Stated experience ranges from 1 year depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.