Database Analyst Family
Career series with 3 positions across 2 levels
New Jersey classifies Database Analyst as a 2-level family, 3 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Database Analyst 1, advancing through the ladder toward Database Analyst 2. Pay across the family spans $87,507 to $141,386, around the 70th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 44 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Office of Information Technology.
Database Analyst commonly advances into Research Analyst and Telecommunications Systems Analyst.
Positions in This Family
- DATABASE ANALYST 1 (53003) $87,507 - $128,719/year
- DATABASE ANALYST 1 (53004)
- DATABASE ANALYST 2 (53005) $95,955 - $141,386/year
What the Database Analyst family covers
Database Analyst is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 3 title codes across 2 levels. 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.
Technology classifications age badly, and New Jersey's show it. The plan still carries titles written around tape libraries, keypunch and input and output control, sitting alongside newer series for network administration, database work and software development. For an applicant that matters practically: an older title may describe duties nobody performs any more while the position itself has quietly become something else, so the specification is a weaker guide to the actual job here than it is in most families. Salaries also drift furthest from private-sector equivalents in this group, which is the reason the compendium allows advanced-step hiring for information processing titles.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Database Analyst rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Database Analyst 2 — $95,955 to $141,386 (an associate's degree)
- Database Analyst 1 — $87,507 to $128,719 (an associate's degree)
The distance from the bottom of Database Analyst 1 to the top of Database Analyst 2 is $53,879, an increase of about 62% 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.
- Database Analyst 1: Under general supervision in one of the Data Centers, is responsible for the analysis, physical design, coding, testing, migration, and implementation of databases in…
- Database Analyst 1: Under general supervision in one of the Data Centers, is responsible for the analysis, physical design, coding, testing, migration, and implementation of…
- Database Analyst 2: Under supervision in one of the Data Centers, is responsible for the analysis, physical design, coding, testing, migration, and implementation of complex databases in…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as an associate's degree on 3 of them. On how the jobs are filled: 2 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 1 is non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.
3 titles in this family are covered by the compendium's special incentive program, which lets an appointing authority hire a qualified candidate above the bottom step instead of starting them at step one. See the full list of incentive titles.
Who actually employs these titles
44 people appear on the state payroll under 2 of these titles, at 10 agencies. Office of Information Technology alone accounts for about 20% of them.
- Office of Information Technology — 9 employees
- Treasury — 8 employees
- Human Services — 6 employees
- Environmental Protection — 5 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 4 employees
- Corrections — 3 employees
Those are the 6 largest of 10 agencies employing this family.
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $112,421 for Database Analyst 1 up to $127,826 for Database Analyst 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
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Database Analyst, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Database Administrator 2 (local jurisdiction) — in the Database Administrator family
- Seed Analyst ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
- Legal Analyst (local jurisdiction)
- Fiscal Analyst (local jurisdiction)
- Fiscal Analyst ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
- Program Analyst (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Database Analyst jobs
How many separate Database Analyst classifications does New Jersey have?
The Database Analyst 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 Database Analyst paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $87,507 at the bottom of Database Analyst 1 to $141,386 at the top of Database Analyst 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 Database Analyst?
Yes for most of the family. 2 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 Database Analyst?
The most common education requirement in this family is an associate's degree, named on 3 of the 3 titles. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Database Analyst staff?
State payroll records show 44 people in this family across 10 agencies, with Office of Information Technology the largest at 9. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.