Library Assistant - Family
Career series with 9 positions across 1 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Library Assistant - names a 1-level progression covering 9 distinct titles.
The family is anchored by Library Assistant - 10 Months. Pay across the family spans $31,940 to $70,641, around the 8th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 2 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at State.
Library Assistant - is closely related to Senior Library Assistant, and Technical Library Assistant.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- PRINCIPAL LIBRARY ASSISTANT (02822)
- SENIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT (03416)
- SUPERVISING LIBRARY ASSISTANT (03904)
- SENIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT (04832)
- SUPERVISING LIBRARY ASSISTANT (04885)
- PRINCIPAL LIBRARY ASSISTANT (10926)
- SENIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT (74133) $41,070 - $59,027/year
- PRINCIPAL LIBRARY ASSISTANT (74134) $48,807 - $70,641/year
- LIBRARY ASSISTANT - 10 MONTHS (74136) $31,940 - $45,334/year
What the Library Assistant family covers
Library Assistant works as an umbrella classification: 1 different specialization share the title across 9 codes. The family straddles jurisdictions: 6 local and 3 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
The Library Assistant rungs, listed from the best paid down.
- Principal Library Assistant — $48,807 to $70,641 (2 years of experience)
- Senior Library Assistant — $41,070 to $59,027 (1 year of experience)
- Library Assistant - 10 Months — $31,940 to $45,334
The distance from the bottom of Library Assistant - 10 Months to the top of Principal Library Assistant is $38,701, an increase of about 121% 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.
- Principal Library Assistant: Under general supervision, performs technical and/or paraprofessional duties of considerable difficulty in one or more of the functional areas of…
- Senior Library Assistant: Under limited supervision, performs a variety of nonprofessional library duties which involve specialized knowledge and skills in one or more library functional…
- Supervising Library Assistant: Under general direction and in a supervisory capacity over a small staff of employees, performs technical and/or paraprofessional duties in one or more of…
- Supervising Library Assistant: Under general direction and in a supervisory capacity over a small staff of employees, performs technical and/or paraprofessional duties in one or more…
- Senior Library Assistant: Under limited supervision of a Supervising Librarian or a Principal Library Assistant in a library in a State department, institution or agency, performs a…
- Principal Library Assistant: Under general supervision of a Supervising Librarian or other supervisor in a library in a state department, institution or agency or in the Materials and…
- Library Assistant - 10 Months: Under close supervision of a Supervising Librarian, or a Principal Library Assistant in a library in a State department, institution or agency, performs…
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 1 year 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: 8 are 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.
Who actually employs these titles
2 people appear on the state payroll under 1 of these title, at 1 agency. State alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- State — 2 employees
Median actual pay for Senior Library Assistant is $46,621, 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
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
Other classifications built on the same terms as Library Assistant. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Library Page ($39,358 to $56,481, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Library Page ($39,358 to $56,481, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Library Director (local jurisdiction)
- Library Associat ($50,990 to $73,902, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Library Associate ($50,990 to $73,902, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Library Assistant (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Library Assistant jobs
How many separate Library Assistant classifications does New Jersey have?
The Library Assistant family holds 9 title codes. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Library Assistant paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $31,940 at the bottom of Library Assistant - 10 Months to $70,641 at the top of Principal Library Assistant. 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 Library Assistant?
Yes for most of the family. 8 of the 9 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 Library Assistant?
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 1 to 3 years is named where a requirement is stated.
Which agencies employ Library Assistant staff?
State payroll records show 2 people in this family across 1 agency, with State the largest at 2. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.