Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist Family
Career series with 4 positions across 2 levels
New Jersey classifies Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist as a 2-level family, 4 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 2, advancing through the ladder toward Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 1. Pay across the family spans $44,750 to $77,371, around the 14th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 24 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Labor.
Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Health Systems Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2 (64942) $44,750 - $64,522/year
- CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2 (64942C) $44,750 - $64,522/year
- CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 (64945) $53,282 - $77,371/year
- CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 (64945C) $53,282 - $77,371/year
What the Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist family covers
Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 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.
Legal titles in New Jersey split into two groups that look similar and are not. Deputy attorneys general, public defenders and public advocates are unclassified: they are appointed, not examined, and their pay is negotiated inside a schedule rather than earned by stepping through it. Hearing officers, appeals examiners and paralegal support titles are ordinary classified positions filled the usual way. Both groups cluster in Law and Public Safety, the Office of Administrative Law and the agencies that run their own hearings, so the work is closer to administrative adjudication than to courtroom practice.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 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.
- Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 1 — $53,282 to $77,371 (2 years of experience)
- Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 2 — $44,750 to $64,522 (1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 2 to the top of Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 1 is $32,621, an increase of about 73% 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.
- Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 2: Under the direction of a supervisory official, Division of Disability Determination Services, performs claims support and clerical work in the…
- Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 1: Under the direction of a Supervisor or Manager, Division of Disability Determination Services, Department of Labor, conducts field and telephone…
Requirements across the family
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. 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 competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
24 people appear on the state payroll under 2 of these titles, at 1 agency. Labor alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Labor — 24 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $58,520 for Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 2 up to $74,754 for Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 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
Other classifications built on the same terms as Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Senior Claims Adjudicator Specialist Disability Determinations ($79,844 to $117,228, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Claims Adjudicator Specialist Disability Hearings Officer ($79,844 to $117,228, state jurisdiction)
- Claims Adjudicator Disability Determinations ($63,663 to $92,953, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Claims Adjudicator Disability Determinations ($72,896 to $106,798, state jurisdiction)
- Claims Adjudicator Trainee Disability Determinations ($58,222 to $60,876, state jurisdiction)
- Claims Adjudicator Trainee Disability Determinations ($58,222 to $60,876, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist jobs
How many separate Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 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 Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $44,750 at the bottom of Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 2 to $77,371 at the top of Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 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 Claims Adjudicator Support 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 Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education. Experience of 1 to 2 years is named where a requirement is stated.
Which agencies employ Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 24 people in this family across 1 agency, with Labor the largest at 24. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 1 higher or lower than Claims Adjudicator Support Specialist 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.