Clinical Psychologist Family
Career series with 3 positions across 2 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Clinical Psychologist names a 2-level progression covering 3 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Clinical Psychologist 1, advancing through the ladder toward Clinical Psychologist 2 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $87,507 to $148,187, around the 78th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 16 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Health and Senior Services.
Clinical Psychologist reports to supervising titles such as Clinical Director.
Positions in This Family
- SENIOR CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (03259)
- CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 1 (62240) $87,507 - $128,719/year
- CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 2 (62241) $100,498 - $148,187/year
What the Clinical Psychologist family covers
New Jersey classifies Clinical Psychologist as a 2-level series holding 3 separate title codes. The family straddles jurisdictions: 2 state and 1 local, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
The state is a direct care employer at scale, running psychiatric hospitals, developmental centers and veterans homes around the clock. That shapes the classifications: shift work, unusual work weeks and institution-specific variants are normal here rather than exceptional, and the same clinical title can exist several times over for different facilities. Professional licensure carries the qualification weight, so movement between the public and private sector is easier in this group than almost anywhere else in civil service. Counties run their own health departments and hire parallel titles under local jurisdiction.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Clinical Psychologist family stacks up as follows. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Clinical Psychologist 2 — $100,498 to $148,187 (a doctoral degree and 3 years of experience)
- Clinical Psychologist 1 — $87,507 to $128,719 (a doctoral degree and 2 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Clinical Psychologist 1 to the top of Clinical Psychologist 2 is $60,680, an increase of about 69% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- Senior Clinical Psychologist: Under direction, plans and performs psychological assessments, group, individual or family therapy evaluations and treatment of patients with problems of…
- Clinical Psychologist 1: Under general supervision in a state institution, community mental health center, or other setting in a state department, has responsibility for providing and…
- Clinical Psychologist 2: Under direction of a supervisory official in a state institution, community mental health center, or other setting in a state department, has responsibility for…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a doctoral degree on 3 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: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
16 people appear on the state payroll under 2 of these titles, at 2 agencies. Health and Senior Services alone accounts for about 81% of them.
- Health and Senior Services — 13 employees
- Human Services — 3 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $114,411 for Clinical Psychologist 1 up to $143,176 for Clinical Psychologist 2. 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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Clinical Psychologist (local jurisdiction)
- Clinical Psychologist (local jurisdiction)
- Chief Clinical Psychologist (local jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Staff Clinical Psychologist I ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
- Staff Clinical Psychologist 2 ($66,592 to $97,354, state jurisdiction) — in the Staff Clinical Psychologist family
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist 1 ($95,955 to $141,386, state jurisdiction) — in the Licensed Clinical Psychologist family
Common questions about Clinical Psychologist jobs
How many separate Clinical Psychologist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Clinical Psychologist family holds 3 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 Clinical Psychologist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $87,507 at the bottom of Clinical Psychologist 1 to $148,187 at the top of Clinical Psychologist 2. 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 Clinical Psychologist?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 3 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 Clinical Psychologist?
The most common education requirement in this family is a doctoral degree, named on 3 of the 3 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 Clinical Psychologist staff?
State payroll records show 16 people in this family across 2 agencies, with Health and Senior Services the largest at 13. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.