Business Registry Specialist Family
Career series with 4 positions across 3 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Business Registry Specialist names a 3-level progression covering 4 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Business Registry Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward Business Registry Specialist 3 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $58,222 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 8 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Treasury.
Business Registry Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Hazardous Site Mitigation Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- BUSINESS REGISTRY SPECIALIST 1 (35618) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- BUSINESS REGISTRY SPECIALIST 2 (35619) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- BUSINESS REGISTRY SPECIALIST 3 (35620) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- SUPERVISING BUSINESS REGISTRY SPECIALIST (35621) $87,507 - $128,719/year
What the Business Registry Specialist family covers
New Jersey classifies Business Registry Specialist as a 3-level series holding 4 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.
Inspectors and examiners are the operating arm of New Jersey's regulatory statutes, and the title usually tracks the law it enforces rather than a profession. That is why these families are narrow and numerous: weights and measures, construction code, environmental compliance, child care, insurance and market conduct each get their own series. Many require a state credential issued by another agency before you can hold the title at all, so the license, not the exam, is the real bottleneck. Local health and code enforcement offices hire the same titles as the state.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Business Registry Specialist family stacks up as follows. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Supervising Business Registry Specialist — $87,507 to $128,719 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Business Registry Specialist 3 — $76,287 to $111,856 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Business Registry Specialist 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Business Registry Specialist 1 — $58,222 to $84,763 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Business Registry Specialist 1 to the top of Supervising Business Registry Specialist is $70,497, an increase of about 121% 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.
- Business Registry Specialist 1: Under the close supervision of a Business Registry Specialist 3 or other supervisory official, performs business registry services for the Division of…
- Business Registry Specialist 2: Under the limited supervision of a Business Registry Specialist 3 or other supervisory official, acts as lead worker for business registry services in the…
- Business Registry Specialist 3: Under the supervision of a supervisory official responsible for business registry services in the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, Department…
- Supervising Business Registry Specialist: Under the direction of a Chief or other supervisory official responsible for business registry services in the Division of Revenue and Enterprise…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 4 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 4 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
8 people appear on the state payroll under 1 of these title, at 1 agency. Treasury alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Treasury — 8 employees
Median actual pay for Business Registry Specialist 1 is $56,253, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
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.
- Business Registry Specialist Trainee ($53,282 to $55,691, state jurisdiction)
- Business Manager (local jurisdiction)
- Business Manager 1 ($75,474 to $105,655, state jurisdiction) — in the Business Manager family
- Business Manager Ufd (local jurisdiction)
- Business Administrator (local jurisdiction)
- Business Administrator (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Business Registry Specialist jobs
How many separate Business Registry Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Business Registry Specialist family holds 4 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 Business Registry Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Business Registry Specialist 1 to $128,719 at the top of Supervising Business Registry Specialist. 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 Registry Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 4 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 Registry Specialist?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 4 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Business Registry Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 8 people in this family across 1 agency, with Treasury the largest at 8. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.