Claims Investigator Family
Career series with 4 positions across 4 levels
Claims Investigator groups 4 related titles into a 4-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through Claims Investigator 1, advancing through the ladder toward Claims Investigator 4. 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 40 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Treasury.
Claims Investigator reports to supervising titles such as Deputy Chief Investigator and Assistant Chief State Investigator.
Positions in This Family
- CLAIMS INVESTIGATOR 1 (56372) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- CLAIMS INVESTIGATOR 2 (56373) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- CLAIMS INVESTIGATOR 3 (56374) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- CLAIMS INVESTIGATOR 4 (56375) $91,628 - $134,900/year
What the Claims Investigator family covers
Claims Investigator covers 4 title codes arranged into 4 levels of responsibility. The family straddles jurisdictions: 3 both state and local and 1 state, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
Sworn and investigative titles sit apart from the rest of civil service. They carry their own salary schedules, their own unions and, in most cases, an academy requirement and a medical and psychological screen on top of the exam. Rank is handled by moving between titles rather than by moving up a range, so the ladder here is a sequence of separate classifications. New Jersey also runs a large civilian investigative service alongside the sworn forces, and those titles follow ordinary competitive rules even though the work overlaps.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Claims Investigator rungs, listed from the best paid down. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Claims Investigator 4 — $91,628 to $134,900 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Claims Investigator 3 — $76,287 to $111,856 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Claims Investigator 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Claims Investigator 1 — $58,222 to $84,763 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Claims Investigator 1 to the top of Claims Investigator 4 is $76,678, an increase of about 132% 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 Investigator 1: Under the close supervision of a Claims Investigator 3, Claims Investigator 4, or other supervisory official in a state department or agency, conducts…
- Claims Investigator 2: Under the limited supervision of a Claims Investigator 3, Claims Investigator 4, or other supervisory official in a state or local government department or agency…
- Claims Investigator 3: Under the general supervision of a Claims Investigator 4, or other supervisory official in a state or local government department or agency, supervises the…
- Claims Investigator 4: Under the direction of a supervisory official in a state or local government department or agency, has charge of a unit responsible for investigation, evaluation…
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 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
State payroll records show 40 people working under 4 of this family's titles, spread across 2 agencies. Treasury alone accounts for about 98% of them.
- Treasury — 39 employees
- Labor — 1 employee
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $66,511 for Claims Investigator 1 up to $121,977 for Claims Investigator 4. 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
Because the family mixes jurisdictions, the answer to "who hires this" depends on the specific code. State codes run through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process; local codes are hired by the counties, municipalities and authorities that adopted civil service under Title 11A. Check an employer's status before assuming a title is available where you live.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Claims Investigator. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Claims Investigator (local jurisdiction)
- Claims Investigator Trainee ($53,282 to $55,691, state jurisdiction)
- Claims Adjuster (local jurisdiction)
- Claims Reviewer ($50,990 to $73,902, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Claims Examiner (local jurisdiction)
- Senior Claims Reviewer ($60,876 to $88,743, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Claims Investigator jobs
How many Claims Investigator titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Claims Investigator family holds 4 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Claims Investigator earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Claims Investigator 1 to $134,900 at the top of Claims Investigator 4. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Claims Investigator?
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 qualifications does a Claims Investigator need?
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 Claims Investigator staff?
State payroll records show 40 people in this family across 2 agencies, with Treasury the largest at 39. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.