Business Representative Family
Career series with 9 positions across 3 levels
New Jersey classifies Business Representative as a 3-level family, 9 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Business Representative 1, advancing through the ladder toward Business Representative 3 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $58,222 to $134,900, around the 64th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 38 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Labor.
Business Representative commonly advances into Economic Development Representative and Agency Services Representative.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 1 (55395) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 1 (55396) $60,876 - $88,743/year
- BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 2 (55397) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 2 VETERANS' SERVICES (55397C) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 2 (55398) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 2, VETERANS' SERVICES (55398C) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 3 (55399) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 3 (55400) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- SUPERVISING BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE (55401) $91,628 - $134,900/year
What the Business Representative family covers
Business Representative is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 9 title codes across 3 levels. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
These titles are the state's outward face: press and public information, tourism promotion, economic development, business assistance and the customer service counters at the agencies the public actually deals with. Several of them, particularly the government representative series, are unclassified catch-alls used across many departments for very different jobs, so the title tells you less about the work than usual. Salary comparisons across agencies are correspondingly unreliable for that group.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Business Representative rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Supervising Business Representative — $91,628 to $134,900 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Business Representative 3 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Business Representative 3 — $76,287 to $111,856 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Business Representative 2 Veterans' Services — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Business Representative 2 — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Business Representative 2, Veterans' Services — $66,592 to $97,354 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Business Representative 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Business Representative 1 — $60,876 to $88,743 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Business Representative 1 — $58,222 to $84,763 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Business Representative 1 to the top of Supervising Business Representative is $76,678, an increase of about 132% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Each title in the family carries its own published definition. These are the opening lines of each one, which is usually where the difference between two neighboring rungs is actually stated.
- Business Representative 1: Under the close supervision of a Chief of Business Services or Supervising Business Representative in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development…
- Business Representative 2: Under the limited supervision of a Chief of Business Services or Supervising Business Representative in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development…
- Business Representative 2 Veterans' Services: Under the limited supervision of a supervisory official in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and on behalf of job-seeking…
- Business Representative 2, Veterans' Services: Under general supervision, in the Division of Workforce Field Services and on behalf of job-seeking military service veterans, provides…
- Business Representative 3: Under the general supervision of a Chief of Business Services or Supervising Business Representative in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development…
- Supervising Business Representative: Under the general direction of the Assistant Director and/or Chief of Business Services in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 9 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 8 of them and a bachelor's degree on 1 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 3 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 9 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
38 people appear on the state payroll under 4 of these titles, at 1 agency. Labor alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Labor — 38 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $92,265 for Business Representative 2 up to $113,615 for Supervising Business Representative. 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
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Business Representative, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Business Development Representative 2 — in the Business Development Representative family
- 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 Representative jobs
How many separate Business Representative classifications does New Jersey have?
The Business Representative family holds 9 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 Representative paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Business Representative 1 to $134,900 at the top of Supervising Business Representative. 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 Representative?
Yes for most of the family. 9 of the 9 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 Representative?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 8 of the 9 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 3 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Business Representative staff?
State payroll records show 38 people in this family across 1 agency, with Labor the largest at 38. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.