Budget Analyst Family
Career series with 3 positions across 3 levels
New Jersey classifies Budget Analyst as a 3-level family, 3 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Budget Analyst 3, advancing through the ladder toward Budget Analyst 1. Pay across the family spans $58,222 to $122,832, around the 48th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 10 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Military and Veterans Affairs.
Budget Analyst commonly advances into Research Analyst and Administrative Analyst.
Positions in This Family
- BUDGET ANALYST 3 (50092) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- BUDGET ANALYST 2 (50093) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- BUDGET ANALYST 1 (50094) $83,582 - $122,832/year
What the Budget Analyst family covers
New Jersey classifies Budget Analyst as a 3-level series holding 3 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.
Analyst and planner titles are where New Jersey puts the work of deciding rather than delivering: land use, capital programming, rate setting, program evaluation and policy research. Many exist at the local level because municipal and county planning boards were early adopters of civil service, so the family may hold only local codes even when the same work happens at the state under a different name. The qualification pattern is consistent, a bachelor's degree at entry with experience substituting upward, and the ladders are usually clean numbered progressions.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Budget Analyst 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.
- Budget Analyst 1 — $83,582 to $122,832 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Budget Analyst 2 — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Budget Analyst 3 — $58,222 to $84,763 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Budget Analyst 3 to the top of Budget Analyst 1 is $64,610, an increase of about 111% 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.
- Budget Analyst 3: Under supervision of a Budget Analyst 1, or other supervisor in a state department or agency, makes analyses of budget requests, work programs, and special expenditure…
- Budget Analyst 2: Under supervision of a Budget Analyst 1, or other higher level supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency, performs the technical work involved…
- Budget Analyst 1: Under direction of a supervisor in a state department or agency, performs the more responsible/complex technical budget analysis and attendant budget work including…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 2 of them and a bachelor's degree on 1 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
10 people appear on the state payroll under 3 of these titles, at 4 agencies. Military and Veterans Affairs alone accounts for about 40% of them.
- Military and Veterans Affairs — 4 employees
- Children and Families — 3 employees
- Board of the Public Utilities — 2 employees
- Human Services — 1 employee
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $63,946 for Budget Analyst 3 up to $118,678 for Budget Analyst 1. 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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Budget Analyst Trainee ($55,691 to $58,222, state jurisdiction)
- Budget Officer (local jurisdiction)
- Budget Examiner (local jurisdiction)
- Senior Budget Examiner (local jurisdiction)
- Assistant Budget Officer (local jurisdiction)
- State Budget Specialist 4 ($105,267 to $155,359, state jurisdiction) — in the State Budget Specialist family
Common questions about Budget Analyst jobs
How many separate Budget Analyst classifications does New Jersey have?
The Budget Analyst family holds 3 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Budget Analyst paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Budget Analyst 3 to $122,832 at the top of Budget Analyst 1. 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 Budget Analyst?
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 a Budget Analyst?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 2 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 Budget Analyst staff?
State payroll records show 10 people in this family across 4 agencies, with Military and Veterans Affairs the largest at 4. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Budget Analyst 1 higher or lower than Budget Analyst 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.