Lieutenant- State Investigator Family
Career series with 1 positions
Lieutenant- State Investigator, Division of Criminal Justice is an unclassified role, so it is appointed at the discretion of the hiring authority and does not carry the usual exam-and-tenure track.
On paper it calls for a bachelor's degree, though the specification lets enough relevant experience stand in for the degree. Pay on the FY2027 schedule runs $127,549 to $186,099.
Lieutenant- State Investigator is a single-title classification family: Lieutenant- State Investigator, Division of Criminal Justice is the only position in it. Lieutenant- State Investigator reports to supervising titles such as Deputy Chief Investigator and Assistant Chief State Investigator.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- LIEUTENANT- STATE INVESTIGATOR, DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (57092) $127,549 - $186,099/year
What the Lieutenant- State Investigator family covers
Lieutenant- State Investigator is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. 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
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Lieutenant- State Investigator, Division of Criminal Justice: Under direction of a superior officer in the Division of Criminal Justice…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 1 title we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 1 of them. Experience requirements sit at 7 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is unclassified, which means appointment at the employer's discretion and salary set individually.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the VI salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by PBA Local 383B. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Lieutenant, State Investigator, Law & Public Safety ($106,804 to $152,725, state jurisdiction)
- State Park Police Lieutenant ($101,495 to $149,727, state jurisdiction)
- Special Investigator, State Lottery ($60,876 to $88,743, state jurisdiction)
- Chief of Detectives - State Investigator — in the Chief family
- State Investigator 1, Law and Public Safety ($66,592 to $97,354, state jurisdiction) — in the State Investigator family
- Supervising Special Investigator, State Lottery ($87,507 to $128,719, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Lieutenant- State Investigator jobs
How many Lieutenant- State Investigator titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Lieutenant- State Investigator family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Lieutenant- State Investigator earn in New Jersey?
Lieutenant- State Investigator, Division of Criminal Justice is published at $127,549 to $186,099. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Lieutenant- State Investigator?
Mostly no. 1 of the 1 title 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 a Lieutenant- State Investigator need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 1 of the 1 title. Stated experience ranges from 7 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.