Associate Supervisor Family
Career series with 4 positions across 2 levels
Associate Supervisor groups 4 related titles into a 2-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through Associate Supervisor 3 Facilities, advancing through the ladder toward Associate Supervisor 2 Facilities. Pay across the family spans $79,844 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay.
Associate Supervisor supervises titles such as Associate Hospital Administrator and Planning Associate.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- ASSOCIATE SUPERVISOR 3 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (82670) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- ASSOCIATE SUPERVISOR 3 FACILITIES (82672) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- ASSOCIATE SUPERVISOR 2 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (82673) $87,507 - $128,719/year
- ASSOCIATE SUPERVISOR 2 FACILITIES (82675) $87,507 - $128,719/year
What the Associate Supervisor family covers
Associate Supervisor covers 4 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.
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
The Associate Supervisor 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.
- Associate Supervisor 2 Facilities — $87,507 to $128,719 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
- Associate Supervisor 2 Administrative Services — $87,507 to $128,719 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
- Associate Supervisor 3 Facilities — $79,844 to $117,228 (a doctoral degree and 1 year of experience)
- Associate Supervisor 3 Administrative Services — $79,844 to $117,228 (a doctoral degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Associate Supervisor 3 Administrative Services to the top of Associate Supervisor 2 Facilities is $48,875, an increase of about 61% 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.
- Associate Supervisor 3 Administrative Services: Under the direction of a Director in the Administrative Services area at a state college, as the principal assistant to the Director…
- Associate Supervisor 3 Facilities: Under the direction of a Director in the Facilities area at a state college, as the principal assistant to the Director, assists in the administration…
- Associate Supervisor 2 Administrative Services: Under the direction of a Director in the Administrative Services area at a state college, assists in the administration of a complex major…
- Associate Supervisor 2 Facilities: Under the direction of a Director in the Facilities area at a State College, assists in the administration of a complex major program and/or large unit…
Requirements across the family
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a doctoral degree on 4 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: 4 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 Associate Supervisor jobs
How many Associate Supervisor titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Associate Supervisor family holds 4 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Associate Supervisor earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $79,844 at the bottom of Associate Supervisor 3 Administrative Services to $128,719 at the top of Associate Supervisor 2 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 Associate Supervisor?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 4. 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 Associate Supervisor need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a doctoral degree, named on 4 of the 4 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 Associate Supervisor 1 higher or lower than Associate 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.