Business Manager Family
Career series with 4 positions across 2 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Business Manager names a 2-level progression covering 4 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Business Manager 2, advancing through the ladder toward Business Manager 1. Pay across the family spans $65,195 to $170,731, around the 93rd percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 10 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Human Services.
Business Manager supervises titles such as Business Registry Specialist and Business Representative.
Positions in This Family
- BUSINESS MANAGER 1 (50666) $75,474 - $105,655/year
- BUSINESS MANAGER 2 (50676) $65,195 - $91,272/year
- BUSINESS MANAGER 2 (51058) $100,498 - $148,187/year
- BUSINESS MANAGER 1 (61057) $115,536 - $170,731/year
What the Business Manager family covers
Business Manager 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.
The generic rank families are the hardest part of the classification plan to read, because the title deliberately says nothing about the subject matter. A single code can cover the head of one bureau and the head of a completely unrelated one, which is exactly why cross-agency salary comparison breaks down in this group and why the site flags several of these titles as generic. Most sit in the managerial or unclassified service, meaning individually set salaries, appointment at the employer's discretion, and no eligible list to wait on.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Business Manager 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.
- Business Manager 1 — $115,536 to $170,731 (a bachelor's degree and 7 years of experience)
- Business Manager 2 — $100,498 to $148,187 (a bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience)
- Business Manager 1 — $75,474 to $105,655 (frozen schedule) (a bachelor's degree and 7 years of experience)
- Business Manager 2 — $65,195 to $91,272 (frozen schedule) (a bachelor's degree and 6 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Business Manager 2 to the top of Business Manager 1 is $105,535, an increase of about 162% over the entry minimum. 2 of the 4 titles in the family sit on a schedule whose rates are frozen, so the published figure there is the schedule of record rather than a guide to actual pay.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Business Manager 1: Under direction of the chief executive officer in a large institution in a State-operated institution, oversees and manages the business activities of the institution…
- Business Manager 2: Under the direction of the chief executive officer or other supervisory officer in a state operated institution, oversees and manages the business activities of the…
Requirements across the family
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 4 of them. Stated experience runs from 6 years at the lowest rung to 7 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 2 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 2 of these titles, at 3 agencies. Human Services alone accounts for about 40% of them.
- Human Services — 4 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 3 employees
- Unknown — 3 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $127,049 for Business Manager 2 up to $143,626 for Business Manager 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
The family is split across 2 salary schedules (M and M-Represented), so two titles that look adjacent can be paid from different tables with different step structures. Bargaining is handled by IBEW. 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 Business Manager. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Business Manager (local jurisdiction)
- Business Manager Ufd (local jurisdiction)
- Assistant Business Manager 1 ($95,955 to $141,386, state jurisdiction) — in the Assistant Business Manager family
- Business Manager Corrections ($71,879 to $100,638, state jurisdiction)
- Business Manager Corrections ($110,276 to $162,870, state jurisdiction)
- Assistant Business Manager Institutions ($83,582 to $122,832, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Business Manager jobs
How many separate Business Manager classifications does New Jersey have?
The Business Manager family holds 4 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Business Manager paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $65,195 at the bottom of Business Manager 2 to $170,731 at the top of Business Manager 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 Business Manager?
Yes for most of the family. 2 of the 4 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 Business Manager?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 4 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 6 to 7 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Business Manager staff?
State payroll records show 10 people in this family across 3 agencies, with Human Services the largest at 4. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Business Manager 1 higher or lower than Business Manager 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.