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Compliance Officer Family

Career series with 10 positions across 2 levels

In New Jersey civil service, Compliance Officer names a 2-level progression covering 10 distinct titles.

Entry is typically through Compliance Officer 1 Mvc, advancing through the ladder toward Compliance Officer 2 Mvc. Pay across the family spans $62,499 to $117,228, around the 43rd percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 154 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Motor Vehicle Commission.

Compliance Officer commonly advances into Conservation Police Officer and Fire Officer.

10
Positions
2
Career Levels
3
Specializations
Salary Range: $62,499 - $117,228/year

Specializations

Code Enforcement Mvc Mvc, Commercial Bus Unit

Positions in This Family

What the Compliance Officer family covers

Compliance Officer is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 10 title codes across 2 levels. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.

Inspectors and examiners are the operating arm of New Jersey's regulatory statutes, and the title usually tracks the law it enforces rather than a profession. That is why these families are narrow and numerous: weights and measures, construction code, environmental compliance, child care, insurance and market conduct each get their own series. Many require a state credential issued by another agency before you can hold the title at all, so the license, not the exam, is the real bottleneck. Local health and code enforcement offices hire the same titles as the state.

The ladder, ordered by pay

Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Compliance Officer rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.

The distance from the bottom of Compliance Officer 1 Mvc to the top of Compliance Officer 2 Code Enforcement is $54,729, an increase of about 88% 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.

  • Compliance Officer 1 Code Enforcement: Under direction of the Compliance Officer 2 Code Enforcement, or other supervisory official, i. In the Division of Codes and Standards, Department…
  • Compliance Officer 2 Code Enforcement: Under direction of a supervisory official, within the Department of Community Affairs, Division of Codes and Standards, supervises the work of code…
  • Compliance Officer 1 Mvc: Under the limited supervision of a Compliance Officer Supervisor or other supervisory official in the Motor Vehicle Commission, is responsible for conducting…
  • Compliance Officer 1 Mvc, Commercial Bus Unit: Under the limited supervision of a Compliance Officer Supervisor, Commercial Bus Unit or other supervisory official in the Motor Vehicle…
  • Compliance Officer 2 Mvc: Under the general direction of a Compliance Officer Supervisor or other supervisory official in the Motor Vehicle Commission, is responsible for taking the lead…
  • Compliance Officer 2 Mvc, Commercial Bus Unit: Under the general direction of a Compliance Officer Supervisor, Commercial Bus Unit or other supervisory official in the Motor Vehicle…

What it takes to qualify

Across the 10 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as an associate's degree on 8 of them and a master's degree on 2 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 8 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.

On how the jobs are filled: 10 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.

Who actually employs these titles

154 people appear on the state payroll under 6 of these titles, at 3 agencies. Motor Vehicle Commission alone accounts for about 78% of them.

  • Motor Vehicle Commission — 120 employees
  • Community Affairs — 22 employees
  • Labor — 12 employees

Median actual pay varies across the family, from $70,247 for Compliance Officer 1 Mvc up to $100,622 for Compliance Officer 2 Code Enforcement. 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

The family is split across 2 salary schedules (A-P-R-S and C-I-O), so two titles that look adjacent can be paid from different tables with different step structures. More than one union has members in this family: CWA and IFPTE.

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

These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Compliance Officer, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.

Families next to this one

New Jersey's classification plan links families by shared terminology and by the routes people actually take between them. These sit closest to Compliance Officer.

Common questions about Compliance Officer jobs

How many separate Compliance Officer classifications does New Jersey have?

The Compliance Officer family holds 10 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 Compliance Officer paid?

Published salary data for this family runs from $62,499 at the bottom of Compliance Officer 1 Mvc to $117,228 at the top of Compliance Officer 2 Code Enforcement. 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 Compliance Officer?

Yes for most of the family. 10 of the 10 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 Compliance Officer?

The most common education requirement in this family is an associate's degree, named on 8 of the 10 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 8 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.

Which agencies employ Compliance Officer staff?

State payroll records show 154 people in this family across 3 agencies, with Motor Vehicle Commission the largest at 120. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.