Driver Improvement Analyst Family
Career series with 8 positions across 3 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Driver Improvement Analyst names a 3-level progression covering 8 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Driver Improvement Analyst 1, advancing through the ladder toward Driver Improvement Analyst 3 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $63,663 to $134,900, around the 64th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 74 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Motor Vehicle Commission.
Driver Improvement Analyst is a common next step after Analyst.
Positions in This Family
- DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST 1 (31971)
- DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST 2 (31972) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST 3 (31973) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- SUPERVISING DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST (31974) $87,507 - $128,719/year
- DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST 1 (56478) $63,663 - $92,953/year
- DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST 2 (56479) $72,896 - $106,798/year
- DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST 3 (56480) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- SUPERVISING DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST (56481) $91,628 - $134,900/year
What the Driver Improvement Analyst family covers
Driver Improvement Analyst is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 8 title codes across 3 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.
Analyst and planner titles are where New Jersey puts the work of deciding rather than delivering: land use, capital programming, rate setting, program evaluation and policy research. Many exist at the local level because municipal and county planning boards were early adopters of civil service, so the family may hold only local codes even when the same work happens at the state under a different name. The qualification pattern is consistent, a bachelor's degree at entry with experience substituting upward, and the ladders are usually clean numbered progressions.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Driver Improvement 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.
- Supervising Driver Improvement Analyst — $91,628 to $134,900 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Supervising Driver Improvement Analyst — $87,507 to $128,719 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Driver Improvement Analyst 3 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Driver Improvement Analyst 3 — $76,287 to $111,856 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Driver Improvement Analyst 2 — $72,896 to $106,798 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Driver Improvement Analyst 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Driver Improvement Analyst 1 — $63,663 to $92,953 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Driver Improvement Analyst 1 to the top of Supervising Driver Improvement Analyst is $71,237, an increase of about 112% 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.
- Driver Improvement Analyst 1: Under close supervision of a Driver Improvement Analyst 3 or other supervisory official, in the Motor Vehicle Commission, reviews the violation records of…
- Driver Improvement Analyst 2: Under the limited supervision of a Driver Improvement Analyst 3 or other supervisory official, in the Motor Vehicle Commission, reviews the violation records…
- Driver Improvement Analyst 3: Under direction of a Supervising Driver Improvement Analyst or other supervisory official, in the Motor Vehicle Commission, reviews the more complex…
- Supervising Driver Improvement Analyst: Under direction of a manager, in the Motor Vehicle Commission, supervises the review of violation records of problem drivers; supervises all driver…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 8 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 8 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 4 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 7 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
74 people appear on the state payroll under 4 of these titles, at 1 agency. Motor Vehicle Commission alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Motor Vehicle Commission — 74 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $67,170 for Driver Improvement Analyst 1 up to $119,190 for Supervising Driver Improvement Analyst. 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
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 Driver Improvement Analyst, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Driver Improvement Analyst Trainee ($53,282 to $55,691, state jurisdiction)
- Director, Property Improvement (local jurisdiction) — in the Director family
- Management Improvement Specialist 2 ($110,276 to $162,870, state jurisdiction) — in the Management Improvement Specialist family
- Assistant Director Property Improvement (local jurisdiction)
- Customer Estimator Property Improvement (local jurisdiction)
- Field Representative Property Improvement (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Driver Improvement Analyst jobs
How many separate Driver Improvement Analyst classifications does New Jersey have?
The Driver Improvement Analyst family holds 8 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Driver Improvement Analyst paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $63,663 at the bottom of Driver Improvement Analyst 1 to $134,900 at the top of Supervising Driver Improvement Analyst. 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 Driver Improvement Analyst?
Yes for most of the family. 7 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 Driver Improvement Analyst?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 8 of the 8 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Driver Improvement Analyst staff?
State payroll records show 74 people in this family across 1 agency, with Motor Vehicle Commission the largest at 74. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.