Clerk 1/clerk Stenographer Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
New Jersey classifies Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer 3 as non-competitive, which skips the exam-and-list step and turns on whether you meet the minimum requirements.
Qualifying turns on 2 years of relevant experience.
Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer is a single-title classification family: Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer 3 is the only position in it. Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer reports to supervising titles such as Principal Payroll Clerk / Clerk.
Positions in This Family
- CLERK 1/CLERK STENOGRAPHER 3 (06813)
What the Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer family covers
In New Jersey's classification plan, Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer stands alone. The family holds one title code rather than a graded series. Every title in it is a local title, used by the counties, municipalities, authorities and boards that have adopted civil service under Title 11A rather than by state departments.
Office support is where New Jersey's classification plan is at its most granular. Typing, transcription, stenography, records, reception and general clerical duties each became their own series, and each series then split into state and local versions, which is why the catalog holds so many near-identical clerical codes. For applicants this granularity is mostly good news: it means a lot of separate eligible lists, most of them asking for a high school diploma and no experience, and it makes clerical work the most common way people enter the system and then transfer sideways.
Two jobs in one title
Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer is a consolidated title: one position carrying the duties of Clerk 1 and Clerk Stenographer at once, held by a single employee expected to do both. They exist because a borough or authority with a single crew cannot justify a separate post per function, so the combined duties get their own classification.
Separately, Clerk Stenographer is its own family of 8 title codes across 4 levels. This consolidation holds 1 code, which is the usual pattern, since a consolidated title is normally created for the one jurisdiction that asked for it. Read the component specifications alongside this one, because the requirements of both halves apply.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer 3: Under close supervision, performs routine, repetitive clerical work involving the processing of documents in a variety of functions; does other…
What it takes to qualify
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. Experience requirements sit at 2 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.
How the pay is set
No state salary schedule applies here, because these are local titles. Pay is set by each adopting county, municipality or authority under its own ordinance or negotiated agreement, so two employers using the same title code can pay very differently. How local civil service pay works.
Where these jobs exist
Nothing in this family is hired by a state department. These are local codes, which means the employer is a county, municipality, authority, library, fire district or school district that chose to come under Title 11A. Roughly a quarter of New Jersey's municipalities did. In the rest, the same job exists but the hiring is done outside the civil service system entirely, so the title code will never appear in a posting. Check a specific employer before you plan around one of these titles, or read how local civil service works.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Clerk Stenographer 1 (local jurisdiction) — in the Clerk Stenographer family
- Clerk Stenographer a ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Clerk Stenographer - 10 Months ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction) — in the Senior Clerk Stenographer family
- Clerk Stenographer 3/Registrar of Vital Statistics
- Legal Stenographer (local jurisdiction)
- Senior Legal Stenographer (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer jobs
How many separate Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer classifications does New Jersey have?
The Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer paid?
No state salary schedule figure is published for the titles in this family, which is normal for local classifications. Local civil service employers set their own pay by ordinance or negotiated agreement, so the rate depends on which county, municipality or authority is hiring.
Is there a civil service test for Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 1. A non-competitive appointment is made on proof that you meet the stated requirements, without a competitive examination, though the position is still in the classified service with its own protections.
What are the requirements to become a Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer?
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 2 years is named where a requirement is stated.