Insurance Examiner Family
Career series with 4 positions across 3 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Insurance Examiner names a 3-level progression covering 4 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Insurance Examiner 3, advancing through the ladder toward Insurance Examiner 1 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $63,663 to $122,832, around the 48th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 36 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Banking and Insurance.
Insurance Examiner commonly advances into Examiner and Financial Examiner.
Positions in This Family
- INSURANCE EXAMINER 3 (55082) $63,663 - $92,953/year
- INSURANCE EXAMINER 2 (55083) $72,896 - $106,798/year
- INSURANCE EXAMINER 1 (55084) $83,582 - $122,832/year
- SUPERVISING INSURANCE EXAMINER (55085)
What the Insurance Examiner family covers
Insurance Examiner covers 4 title codes arranged into 3 levels of responsibility. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Financial titles are unusually legible compared with the rest of the plan, because the duties track a professional body of practice rather than an agency's internal structure. That makes the ladders predictable, the qualification language consistent, and movement between departments straightforward. It also makes them one of the better-documented corners of the state payroll, since almost every department employs some of them, so the headcount and salary figures for these families rest on large samples rather than a handful of positions.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Insurance Examiner rungs, listed from the best paid down. 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.
- Insurance Examiner 1 — $83,582 to $122,832 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Insurance Examiner 2 — $72,896 to $106,798 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Insurance Examiner 3 — $63,663 to $92,953 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Insurance Examiner 3 to the top of Insurance Examiner 1 is $59,169, an increase of about 93% 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.
- Insurance Examiner 3: Under the close supervision of a Supervising Insurance Examiner, Insurance Examiner 1, or other supervisory official in the Department of Banking and Insurance…
- Insurance Examiner 2: Under the limited supervision of a Supervising Insurance Examiner, Insurance Examiner 1, or other supervisory official in the Department of Banking and Insurance…
- Insurance Examiner 1: Under the general supervision of a Supervising Insurance Examiner or other supervisory official in the Department of Banking and Insurance, supervises the field…
- Supervising Insurance Examiner: Under the direction of a Chief Insurance Examiner, or other administrative official in the Department of Banking and Insurance, plans, supervises, and…
Requirements across the family
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 2 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
36 people appear on the state payroll under 4 of these titles, at 1 agency. Banking and Insurance alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Banking and Insurance — 36 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $67,170 for Insurance Examiner 3 up to $131,657 for Supervising Insurance Examiner. 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
Other classifications built on the same terms as Insurance Examiner. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Chief Insurance Examiner ($83,210 to $116,477, state jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Insurance Examiner Trainee ($60,876 to $63,663, state jurisdiction)
- Claims Examiner Unemployment & Disability Insurance ($55,691 to $81,008, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Claims Examiner Unemployment & Disability Insurance ($66,592 to $97,354, state jurisdiction)
- Claims Examiner Unemployment & Disability Insurance Bilingual in Spanish and English ($55,691 to $81,008, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Claims Examiner Unemployment & Disability Insurance Bilingual in Spanish and English ($66,592 to $97,354, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Insurance Examiner jobs
How many separate Insurance Examiner classifications does New Jersey have?
The Insurance Examiner family holds 4 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is an Insurance Examiner paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $63,663 at the bottom of Insurance Examiner 3 to $122,832 at the top of Insurance Examiner 1. 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 Insurance Examiner?
Yes for most of the family. 3 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 an Insurance Examiner?
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 2 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Insurance Examiner staff?
State payroll records show 36 people in this family across 1 agency, with Banking and Insurance the largest at 36. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Insurance Examiner 1 higher or lower than Insurance Examiner 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.