Clerk Stenographer Family
Career series with 8 positions across 4 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Clerk Stenographer names a 4-level progression covering 8 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Clerk Stenographer 1, advancing through the ladder toward CLERK STENOGRAPHER - 10 Months and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $31,940 to $67,528, around the 6th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 3 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Law and Public Safety.
Clerk Stenographer is a common next step after Clerk and Keyboarding Clerk.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- CLERK STENOGRAPHER 1 (01260)
- CLERK STENOGRAPHER 3 (02777)
- CLERK STENOGRAPHER 3 (02778)
- CLERK STENOGRAPHER 2 (03253)
- CLERK STENOGRAPHER 2 (03254)
- CLERK STENOGRAPHER - 10 Months (23819) $31,940 - $45,334/year
- SENIOR CLERK STENOGRAPHER (23823) $39,358 - $56,481/year
- PRINCIPAL CLERK STENOGRAPHER (23824) $46,727 - $67,528/year
What the Clerk Stenographer family covers
Clerk Stenographer is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 8 title codes across 4 levels. The family straddles jurisdictions: 5 local and 3 state, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
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.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Clerk Stenographer rungs look like this.
- Principal Clerk Stenographer — $46,727 to $67,528
- Senior Clerk Stenographer — $39,358 to $56,481 (1 year of experience)
- CLERK STENOGRAPHER - 10 Months — $31,940 to $45,334
The distance from the bottom of CLERK STENOGRAPHER - 10 Months to the top of Principal Clerk Stenographer is $35,588, an increase of about 111% 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.
- Clerk Stenographer 1: Under close supervision, performs routine, repetitive stenographic, secretarial and other clerical work involving the processing of documents in a variety of…
- Clerk Stenographer 3: Under direction, performs varied, complex stenographic, secretarial and other clerical work involving the processing of documents in a variety of functions; takes…
- Clerk Stenographer 2: Under limited supervision, performs stenographic, secretarial and other clerical work involving the processing of documents in a variety of functions; performs…
- CLERK STENOGRAPHER - 10 Months: Under supervision, takes and transcribes dictation and performs routine, repetitive and other non- complex clerical work of a varied nature as a beginner at…
- Senior Clerk Stenographer: Under supervision, performs stenographic and other clerical work varied in nature but requiring a knowledge of rules, policies, and procedures…
- Principal Clerk Stenographer: Under the general supervision of a supervisory official, performs complex stenographic and other related clerical work requiring knowledge and independent…
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. 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: 6 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 2 are non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.
Who actually employs these titles
3 people appear on the state payroll under 1 of these title, at 3 agencies. Law and Public Safety alone accounts for about 33% of them.
- Law and Public Safety — 1 employee
- Labor — 1 employee
- Corrections — 1 employee
Median actual pay for Principal Clerk Stenographer is $65,244, 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
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
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Clerk Stenographer, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Clerk Stenographer a ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer 3 (local jurisdiction) — in the Clerk 1/Clerk Stenographer family
- 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 Stenographer jobs
How many separate Clerk Stenographer classifications does New Jersey have?
The Clerk Stenographer family holds 8 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Clerk Stenographer paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $31,940 at the bottom of CLERK STENOGRAPHER - 10 Months to $67,528 at the top of Principal Clerk Stenographer. 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 Clerk Stenographer?
Yes for most of the family. 6 of the 8 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 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 1 to 2 years is named where a requirement is stated.
Which agencies employ Clerk Stenographer staff?
State payroll records show 3 people in this family across 3 agencies, with Law and Public Safety the largest at 1. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.