Investigative Analyst Family
Career series with 3 positions across 3 levels
Investigative Analyst groups 3 related titles into a 3-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through Investigative Analyst 1 State Commission Investigation, advancing through the ladder toward Investigative Analyst 3 State Commission of Investigation. State payroll records show 4 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Legislature.
Investigative Analyst commonly advances into Research Analyst and Administrative Analyst.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
What the Investigative Analyst family covers
Investigative Analyst covers 3 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.
Sworn and investigative titles sit apart from the rest of civil service. They carry their own salary schedules, their own unions and, in most cases, an academy requirement and a medical and psychological screen on top of the exam. Rank is handled by moving between titles rather than by moving up a range, so the ladder here is a sequence of separate classifications. New Jersey also runs a large civilian investigative service alongside the sworn forces, and those titles follow ordinary competitive rules even though the work overlaps.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Investigative Analyst 1 State Commission Investigation: Under the supervision of the Deputy Director, Counsel or other supervisory Commission staff, perform…
- Investigative Analyst 3 State Commission of Investigation: Under direct supervision of the Deputy Director, Counsel or other supervisory Commission staff…
- Investigative Analyst 2 State Commission of Investigation: Under general supervision of the Deputy Director, Counsel or other supervisory Commission staff…
Requirements across the family
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 3 of them. On how the jobs are filled: 3 are unclassified, which means appointment at the employer's discretion and salary set individually.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 4 people working under 1 of this family's title, spread across 1 agency. Legislature alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Legislature — 4 employees
Median actual pay for Investigative Analyst 3 State Commission of Investigation is $122,555, 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
No state salary schedule applies here, because these are local titles. Pay is set by each adopting county, municipality or authority under its own ordinance or negotiated agreement, so two employers using the same title code can pay very differently. How local civil service pay works.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Investigative Analyst. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Coordinator Investigative Analysis (state jurisdiction)
- Coordinator Investigative Accounting (state jurisdiction)
- Confidential Investigative Specialist 1 (state jurisdiction) — in the Confidential Investigative Specialist family
- Investigative Agent 1 State Commission of Investigtion (state jurisdiction) — in the Investigative Agent family
- Seed Analyst ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
- Legal Analyst (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Investigative Analyst jobs
How many Investigative Analyst titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Investigative Analyst family holds 3 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Investigative Analyst earn in New Jersey?
No state salary schedule figure is published for the titles in this family, which is normal for local classifications. Local civil service employers set their own pay by ordinance or negotiated agreement, so the rate depends on which county, municipality or authority is hiring.
Do you need to take an exam to become an Investigative Analyst?
Mostly no. 3 of the 3 titles here are unclassified, so appointment is at the employer's discretion rather than from an eligible list, and salary is set individually rather than by a published step. That also makes cross-agency salary comparison less reliable for these titles.
What qualifications does an Investigative Analyst need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 3 of the 3 titles. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Investigative Analyst staff?
State payroll records show 4 people in this family across 1 agency, with Legislature the largest at 4. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.