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Economic Development Representative Family

Career series with 8 positions across 4 levels

Economic Development Representative groups 8 related titles into a 4-level career ladder.

Entry is typically through Economic Development Representative 4, advancing through the ladder toward Economic Development Representative 1. Pay across the family spans $63,663 to $148,187, around the 78th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 24 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at State.

Economic Development Representative reports to supervising titles such as Supervising Program Development Specialist.

8
Positions
4
Career Levels
1
Specializations
Salary Range: $63,663 - $148,187/year

Specializations

Tourism Marketing

Positions in This Family

What the Economic Development Representative family covers

New Jersey classifies Economic Development Representative as a 4-level series holding 8 separate title codes. The family straddles jurisdictions: 6 state and 2 both state and local, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.

These titles are the state's outward face: press and public information, tourism promotion, economic development, business assistance and the customer service counters at the agencies the public actually deals with. Several of them, particularly the government representative series, are unclassified catch-alls used across many departments for very different jobs, so the title tells you less about the work than usual. Salary comparisons across agencies are correspondingly unreliable for that group.

The ladder, ordered by pay

Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Economic Development Representative family stacks up as follows. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.

The distance from the bottom of Economic Development Representative 4 to the top of Economic Development Representative 1, Tourism Marketing is $84,524, an increase of about 133% 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.

Getting in: the stated requirements

Across the 8 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master'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.

Every title here carries a license or certification requirement, so the credential matters more than the exam score. On how the jobs are filled: 8 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.

Who actually employs these titles

State payroll records show 24 people working under 6 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. State alone accounts for about 100% of them.

  • State — 24 employees

Median actual pay varies across the family, from $99,482 for Economic Development Representative 3 up to $116,402 for Economic Development Representative 2 Tourism Marketing. 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.

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 Economic Development Representative.

Common questions about Economic Development Representative jobs

How many Economic Development Representative titles are there in New Jersey civil service?

The Economic Development Representative family holds 8 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.

What does an Economic Development Representative earn in New Jersey?

Published salary data for this family runs from $63,663 at the bottom of Economic Development Representative 4 to $148,187 at the top of Economic Development Representative 1, Tourism Marketing. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.

Do you need to take an exam to become an Economic Development Representative?

Yes for most of the family. 8 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 qualifications does an Economic Development Representative need?

The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 8 of the 8 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 4 years depending on the rung. 8 of the titles also require a license or certification. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.

Which agencies employ Economic Development Representative staff?

State payroll records show 24 people in this family across 1 agency, with State the largest at 24. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.

Is Economic Development Representative 1 higher or lower than Economic Development Representative 3?

In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.