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Librarian Family

Career series with 13 positions across 4 levels

New Jersey classifies Librarian as a 4-level family, 13 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.

Entry is typically through Librarian 1, advancing through the ladder toward Librarian 4 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $58,222 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 4 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Corrections.

Librarian is a common next step after Librarian 2/Technical Support Specialist and Data Processing Librarian.

13
Positions
4
Career Levels
1
Specializations
Salary Range: $58,222 - $128,719/year

Specializations

Electronic Data Processing

Positions in This Family

What the Librarian family covers

Librarian is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 13 title codes across 4 levels. The family straddles jurisdictions: 9 local and 4 state, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.

Public school teachers in New Jersey are not civil service, so the education titles in this system are the ones that sit outside a classroom: instructors in correctional and developmental facilities, curriculum and program development staff, and the education specialists at the Department of Education. Library titles are different again. County and municipal libraries are among the local employers that adopted civil service in their own right, which is why librarian and library assistant series carry local codes and appear in the local jurisdiction directory.

The ladder, ordered by pay

Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Librarian rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.

  • Supervising Librarian — $87,507 to $128,719 (a master's degree and 4 years of experience)
  • Librarian 3 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
  • Librarian 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
  • Librarian 1 — $58,222 to $84,763 (a master's degree)

The distance from the bottom of Librarian 1 to the top of Supervising Librarian 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.

  • Librarian 3: Under limited supervision, provides a variety of library services in one or more functional areas of the library requiring substantial professional knowledge of and…
  • Librarian 2: Under supervision, provides a variety of library services in one or more functional areas of the library requiring substantial professional knowledge of and experience with…
  • Librarian 4: Under general supervision, oversees a variety of library services in one or more functional areas of a library or library system requiring substantial professional knowledge…
  • Senior Librarian, Electronic Data Processing: Under general supervision, takes the lead over other Librarians, Electronic Data Processing and is responsible for storing and…
  • Librarian 1: Under supervision, functions at the entry level of the professional librarian class of jobs providing a variety of library services; performs related duties as required.
  • Librarian 1: Under the close supervision of a Librarian 3 or other supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency, maintains and organizes library resources and…
  • Librarian 2: Under the limited supervision of a Librarian 3 or other supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency, provides a variety of library services in one or…
  • Librarian 3: Under the general supervision of a Supervising Librarian, or other supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency, performs supervisory and complex…

Showing 8 of 9 published definitions in this family. The full list of titles is below.

What it takes to qualify

Across the 13 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 12 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 4 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.

4 of the 13 titles carry a license or certification requirement. On how the jobs are filled: 10 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 3 are non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.

Who actually employs these titles

4 people appear on the state payroll under 3 of these titles, at 3 agencies. Corrections alone accounts for about 50% of them.

  • Corrections — 2 employees
  • Health and Senior Services — 1 employee
  • Civil Service Commission — 1 employee

Median actual pay varies across the family, from $81,897 for Librarian 1 up to $107,846 for Librarian 3. 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

Because the family mixes jurisdictions, the answer to "who hires this" depends on the specific code. State codes run through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process; local codes are hired by the counties, municipalities and authorities that adopted civil service under Title 11A. Check an employer's status before assuming a title is available where you live.

Related titles elsewhere in the plan

These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Librarian, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.

Families next to this one

New Jersey's classification plan links families by shared terminology and by the routes people actually take between them. These sit closest to Librarian.

Common questions about Librarian jobs

How many separate Librarian classifications does New Jersey have?

The Librarian family holds 13 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 Librarian paid?

Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Librarian 1 to $128,719 at the top of Supervising Librarian. 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 Librarian?

Yes for most of the family. 10 of the 13 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 Librarian?

The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 12 of the 13 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 4 years depending on the rung. 4 of the titles also require a license or certification. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.

Which agencies employ Librarian staff?

State payroll records show 4 people in this family across 3 agencies, with Corrections the largest at 2. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.