Housekeeper Family
Career series with 2 positions across 2 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Housekeeper names a 2-level progression covering 2 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Housekeeper 1, advancing through the ladder toward Housekeeper 2. Pay across the family spans $34,687 to $59,027, around the 2nd percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 21 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Military and Veterans Affairs.
Positions in This Family
- HOUSEKEEPER 1 (44102) $34,687 - $49,504/year
- HOUSEKEEPER 2 (44104) $41,070 - $59,027/year
What the Housekeeper family covers
Housekeeper covers 2 title codes arranged into 2 levels of responsibility. Its titles are common jurisdiction, meaning the same classification is used at the state level and by local civil service employers alike.
Skilled and semi-skilled labor is the part of the classification plan that never moved to a degree. Qualification rests on demonstrated ability, and for a great many of these titles the operative credential is a valid New Jersey driver's license of the right class rather than a diploma. The work is also the most physically specific in the plan, which is why the specifications read as lists of tasks and equipment instead of the general responsibility language used elsewhere. Because public works, water and sewer utilities, parks and school plants each run their own yards, near-identical jobs end up as separate title codes in separate places.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Housekeeper rungs, listed from the best paid down. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Housekeeper 2 — $41,070 to $59,027 (3 years of experience)
- Housekeeper 1 — $34,687 to $49,504 (2 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Housekeeper 1 to the top of Housekeeper 2 is $24,340, an increase of about 70% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Housekeeper 1: Under direction of a supervisory official in an institution or school, performs housekeeping work involved in care, cleaning, and maintenance of offices, living quarters…
- Housekeeper 2: Under direction of a supervisory official in an institution or school, performs housekeeping work involved in care, cleaning, and maintenance of offices, living quarters…
Requirements across the family
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. Stated experience runs from 2 years 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: 1 is 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. 1 title in this family is 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
21 people appear on the state payroll under 1 of these title, at 4 agencies. Military and Veterans Affairs alone accounts for about 43% of them.
- Military and Veterans Affairs — 9 employees
- Human Services — 9 employees
- Transportation — 2 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 1 employee
Median actual pay for Housekeeper 2 is $53,561, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
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
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.
Common questions about Housekeeper jobs
How many separate Housekeeper classifications does New Jersey have?
The Housekeeper family holds 2 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 Housekeeper paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $34,687 at the bottom of Housekeeper 1 to $59,027 at the top of Housekeeper 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 Housekeeper?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 2 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 Housekeeper?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education. Experience of 2 to 3 years is named where a requirement is stated.
Which agencies employ Housekeeper staff?
State payroll records show 21 people in this family across 4 agencies, with Military and Veterans Affairs the largest at 9. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.