Inventory Control Specialist Family
Career series with 3 positions across 2 levels
New Jersey classifies Inventory Control Specialist as a 2-level family, 3 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Inventory Control Specialist 2, advancing through the ladder toward Inventory Control Specialist 1. Pay across the family spans $48,807 to $81,008, around the 17th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 12 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Transportation.
Inventory Control Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Health Systems Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- INVENTORY CONTROL SPECIALIST 2 (50491) $48,807 - $70,641/year
- INVENTORY CONTROL SPECIALIST 1 (50492) $55,691 - $81,008/year
- INVENTORY CONTROL SPECIALIST 1 (59969) $50,990 - $73,902/year
What the Inventory Control Specialist family covers
Inventory Control Specialist covers 3 title codes arranged into 2 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.
Office support is where New Jersey's classification plan is at its most granular. Typing, transcription, stenography, records, reception and general clerical duties each became their own series, and each series then split into state and local versions, which is why the catalog holds so many near-identical clerical codes. For applicants this granularity is mostly good news: it means a lot of separate eligible lists, most of them asking for a high school diploma and no experience, and it makes clerical work the most common way people enter the system and then transfer sideways.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Inventory Control Specialist 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.
- Inventory Control Specialist 1 — $55,691 to $81,008 (4 years of experience)
- Inventory Control Specialist 1 — $50,990 to $73,902 (4 years of experience)
- Inventory Control Specialist 2 — $48,807 to $70,641 (3 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Inventory Control Specialist 2 to the top of Inventory Control Specialist 1 is $32,200, an increase of about 66% 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.
- Inventory Control Specialist 2: Under the supervision of a supervisory official, assists in the review and analysis of all inventory systems, surveys document flow and control, and on…
- Inventory Control Specialist 1: Under supervision of a supervisory official, reviews and analyzes inventory systems, surveys document flow and control and provides recommendations on…
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 3 years 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: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
12 people appear on the state payroll under 2 of these titles, at 5 agencies. Transportation alone accounts for about 42% of them.
- Transportation — 5 employees
- Military and Veterans Affairs — 3 employees
- Human Services — 2 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 1 employee
- Motor Vehicle Commission — 1 employee
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $70,930 for Inventory Control Specialist 2 up to $71,403 for Inventory Control Specialist 1. 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 Inventory Control Specialist. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Inventory Control Clerk (local jurisdiction)
- Supervising Inventory Control Clerk (local jurisdiction)
- Inventory Control Clerk/Principal Account Clerk Typing Inventory Control Clerk (local jurisdiction)
- Vermin Control Specialist (local jurisdiction)
- Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Specialist ($83,582 to $122,832, state jurisdiction)
- Program Support Specialist 1, Quality Control ($69,668 to $101,951, state jurisdiction) — in the Program Support Specialist family
Common questions about Inventory Control Specialist jobs
How many separate Inventory Control Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Inventory Control Specialist family holds 3 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is an Inventory Control Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $48,807 at the bottom of Inventory Control Specialist 2 to $81,008 at the top of Inventory Control Specialist 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 Inventory Control Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 3 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 Inventory Control Specialist?
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 3 to 4 years is named where a requirement is stated.
Which agencies employ Inventory Control Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 12 people in this family across 5 agencies, with Transportation the largest at 5. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Inventory Control Specialist 1 higher or lower than Inventory Control Specialist 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.