Assistant Supervisor Family
Career series with 11 positions across 4 levels
Assistant Supervisor is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 11 titles spanning 4 levels.
Entry is typically through Assistant Supervisor 4 Facilities, advancing through the ladder toward Assistant Supervisor 1 Facilities. Pay across the family spans $63,663 to $122,832, around the 48th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 4 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (82652) $63,663 - $92,953/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 4 COMPUTER SERVICES (82653) $63,663 - $92,953/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 4 FACILITIES (82654) $63,663 - $92,953/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 3 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (82655) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 3 FACILITIES (82657) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 2 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (82658) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 2 COMPUTER SERVICES (82659) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 2 FACILITIES (82660) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 1 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (82661) $83,582 - $122,832/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 1 COMPUTER SERVICES (82662) $83,582 - $122,832/year
- ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR 1 FACILITIES (82663) $83,582 - $122,832/year
What the Assistant Supervisor family covers
New Jersey classifies Assistant Supervisor as a 4-level series holding 11 separate title codes. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Chief, director, manager and supervisor are not single jobs in New Jersey civil service. They are ranks applied across the whole of government, so a single family can hold hundreds of codes covering entirely unrelated bureaus. That structure matters for anyone reading the pay figures: two titles in the same family may share nothing except a level of responsibility. Most of these positions are managerial or unclassified, which means salaries are set individually rather than by stepping through a published ladder, and the managerial schedule itself has been frozen since 2007.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Assistant Supervisor family stacks up as follows. 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.
- Assistant Supervisor 1 Facilities — $83,582 to $122,832 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 1 Computer Services — $83,582 to $122,832 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 1 Administrative Services — $83,582 to $122,832 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 2 Facilities — $76,287 to $111,856 (a doctoral degree and 1 year of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 2 Computer Services — $76,287 to $111,856 (a doctoral degree and 1 year of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 2 Administrative Services — $76,287 to $111,856 (a doctoral degree and 1 year of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 3 Facilities — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 3 Administrative Services — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 4 Facilities — $63,663 to $92,953 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 4 Computer Services — $63,663 to $92,953 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Assistant Supervisor 4 Administrative Services — $63,663 to $92,953 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Assistant Supervisor 4 Administrative Services to the top of Assistant Supervisor 1 Facilities is $59,169, an increase of about 93% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- Assistant Supervisor 4 Administrative Services: Under the direction of a Director in the Administrative Services area at a state college, supervises one or more sections of a single…
- Assistant Supervisor 4 Computer Services: Under the direction of a Director in the Computer Services area at a state college, supervises one or more sections of a single objective program…
- Assistant Supervisor 4 Facilities: Under the direction of a Director in the Facilities area at a state college, supervises one or more sections of a single objective program or unit; or…
- Assistant Supervisor 3 Administrative Services: Under the direction of a Director 3 or 4 in the Administrative Services area at a state college, supervises one or more sections of a…
- Assistant Supervisor 3 Facilities: Under the direction of a Director 3 or 4 in the Facilities area at a state college, supervises one or more sections of a single objective program or…
- Assistant Supervisor 2 Administrative Services: Under the direction of a Director 2 or 3 in the Administrative Services area at a state college, oversees one or more sections of an…
- Assistant Supervisor 2 Computer Services: Under the direction of a Director 2 or 3 in the Computer Services area at a state college, oversees one or more sections of an organizational…
- Assistant Supervisor 2 Facilities: Under the direction of a Director 2 or Diector 3 in the Facilities area at a state college, oversees one or more sections of an organizational program…
Showing 8 of 11 published definitions in this family. The full list of titles is below.
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 11 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a doctoral degree on 6 of them, a bachelor's degree on 3 of them, and a master's degree on 2 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: 11 are non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by 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.
Common questions about Assistant Supervisor jobs
How many Assistant Supervisor titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Assistant Supervisor family holds 11 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Assistant Supervisor earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $63,663 at the bottom of Assistant Supervisor 4 Administrative Services to $122,832 at the top of Assistant Supervisor 1 Facilities. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become an Assistant Supervisor?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 11. A non-competitive appointment is made on proof that you meet the stated requirements, without a competitive examination, though the position is still in the classified service with its own protections.
What qualifications does an Assistant Supervisor need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a doctoral degree, named on 6 of the 11 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.
Is Assistant Supervisor 1 higher or lower than Assistant Supervisor 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.