Market Regulation Specialist Family
Career series with 4 positions across 4 levels
Market Regulation Specialist groups 4 related titles into a 4-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through Market Regulation Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward Market Regulation Specialist 4. Pay across the family spans $60,876 to $134,900, around the 64th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 10 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Banking and Insurance.
Market Regulation Specialist reports to supervising titles such as Supervising Program Development Specialist and Senior Environmental Health Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- MARKET REGULATION SPECIALIST 1 (55238) $60,876 - $88,743/year
- MARKET REGULATION SPECIALIST 2 (55240) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- MARKET REGULATION SPECIALIST 3 (55243) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- MARKET REGULATION SPECIALIST 4 (55244) $91,628 - $134,900/year
What the Market Regulation Specialist family covers
New Jersey classifies Market Regulation Specialist as a 4-level series holding 4 separate title codes. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Inspectors and examiners are the operating arm of New Jersey's regulatory statutes, and the title usually tracks the law it enforces rather than a profession. That is why these families are narrow and numerous: weights and measures, construction code, environmental compliance, child care, insurance and market conduct each get their own series. Many require a state credential issued by another agency before you can hold the title at all, so the license, not the exam, is the real bottleneck. Local health and code enforcement offices hire the same titles as the state.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Market Regulation Specialist family stacks up as follows. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Market Regulation Specialist 4 — $91,628 to $134,900 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Market Regulation Specialist 3 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Market Regulation Specialist 2 — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Market Regulation Specialist 1 — $60,876 to $88,743 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Market Regulation Specialist 1 to the top of Market Regulation Specialist 4 is $74,024, an increase of about 122% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- Market Regulation Specialist 1: Under close supervision of a Market Regulation Specialist 4 or other supervisory official in the Office of Consumer Protection, Department of Banking and…
- Market Regulation Specialist 2: Under limited supervision of the Market Regulation Specialist 4 or other supervisory official in the Division of Licensing and Enforcement, Department of…
- Market Regulation Specialist 3: Under general supervision of the Market Regulation Specialist 4 or other supervisory official in the Division of Licensing and Enforcement, Department of…
- Market Regulation Specialist 4: Under general direction of a supervisory official in the Office of Consumer Protection Service, Department of Banking and Insurance, supervises an…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 4 of them. 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: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 10 people working under 4 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. Banking and Insurance alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Banking and Insurance — 10 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $69,587 for Market Regulation Specialist 1 up to $113,615 for Market Regulation Specialist 4. 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
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.
- Rent Regulation Officer (local jurisdiction)
- Rent Regulation Officer (local jurisdiction)
- Representative Rent Regulation (local jurisdiction)
- Hearing Officer, Rent Regulation (local jurisdiction)
- Chief Bureau of Authority and Financial Regulation and Assistance ($71,879 to $100,638, state jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Labor Market Analyst 4 ($60,876 to $88,743, state jurisdiction) — in the Labor Market Analyst family
Common questions about Market Regulation Specialist jobs
How many Market Regulation Specialist titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Market Regulation Specialist family holds 4 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Market Regulation Specialist earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $60,876 at the bottom of Market Regulation Specialist 1 to $134,900 at the top of Market Regulation Specialist 4. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Market Regulation Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 4 of the 4 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Market Regulation Specialist need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 4 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 3 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Market Regulation Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 10 people in this family across 1 agency, with Banking and Insurance the largest at 10. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.