Historic Preservation Specialist Family
Career series with 4 positions across 4 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Historic Preservation Specialist names a 4-level progression covering 4 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Historic Preservation Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward Historic Preservation Specialist 4. Pay across the family spans $58,222 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay.
Historic Preservation Specialist is a common next step after Physician Specialist and Health Systems Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST 1 (15679) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST 2 (15680) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST 3 (15681) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST 4 (15682) $87,507 - $128,719/year
What the Historic Preservation Specialist family covers
Historic Preservation Specialist is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 4 title codes across 4 levels. Its titles are common jurisdiction, meaning the same classification is used at the state level and by local civil service employers alike.
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 Historic Preservation Specialist rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Historic Preservation Specialist 4 — $87,507 to $128,719 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Historic Preservation Specialist 3 — $76,287 to $111,856 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Historic Preservation Specialist 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Historic Preservation Specialist 1 — $58,222 to $84,763 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Historic Preservation Specialist 1 to the top of Historic Preservation Specialist 4 is $70,497, an increase of about 121% 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.
- Historic Preservation Specialist 1: Under close supervision of a Historic Preservation Specialist 3 or other supervisory official, performs scientific work including field and office…
- Historic Preservation Specialist 2: Under limited supervision of a Historic Preservation Specialist 3 or other supervisory official, performs scientific work including field and office…
- Historic Preservation Specialist 3: Under general supervision of Historic Preservation Specialist 4 or other higher level supervisory official, performs scientific work including field…
- Historic Preservation Specialist 4: Under the direction of a higher level manager, supervises the programs and staff of a specific organization unit; supervises the responsibility for…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 4 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: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
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
These are common jurisdiction titles, which is the most flexible position to be in as an applicant: the same classification is used by state departments and by local civil service employers, so an eligible list built in one place still describes work you can do in the other. What common jurisdiction means.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Historic Preservation Specialist, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Administrator, Historic Preservation Office ($65,195 to $91,272, state jurisdiction)
- Administrator, Historic Preservation Office ($100,498 to $148,187, state jurisdiction)
- Resource Interpretive Specialist 2, Historic ($69,668 to $101,951, state jurisdiction) — in the Resource Interpretive Specialist family
- Historic Site Interpreter (local jurisdiction)
- Director of Neighborhood Preservation Program (local jurisdiction) — in the Director family
- Chief Bureau of Archives and Records Preservation ($95,955 to $141,386, state jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
Common questions about Historic Preservation Specialist jobs
How many separate Historic Preservation Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Historic Preservation Specialist family holds 4 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Historic Preservation Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Historic Preservation Specialist 1 to $128,719 at the top of Historic Preservation Specialist 4. 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 Historic Preservation Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 4 of the 4 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 Historic Preservation Specialist?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 4 of the 4 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.