Media Technician Family
Career series with 4 positions across 3 levels
Media Technician is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 4 titles spanning 3 levels.
Entry is typically through Media Technician 1, advancing through the ladder toward Media Technician 3. Pay across the family spans $50,990 to $97,354, around the 27th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 7 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Office of Information Technology.
Media Technician commonly advances into Training Technician and Records Support Technician.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- MEDIA TECHNICIAN 1 (81542) $50,990 - $73,902/year
- MEDIA TECHNICIAN 2 (81543) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- MEDIA TECHNICIAN 2 (GRAPHIC-PHOTOGRAPHY) (81543D) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- MEDIA TECHNICIAN 3 (81544) $66,592 - $97,354/year
What the Media Technician family covers
Media Technician is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 4 title codes across 3 levels. The family straddles jurisdictions: 2 both state and local and 2 state, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
These titles are the state's outward face: press and public information, tourism promotion, economic development, business assistance and the customer service counters at the agencies the public actually deals with. Several of them, particularly the government representative series, are unclassified catch-alls used across many departments for very different jobs, so the title tells you less about the work than usual. Salary comparisons across agencies are correspondingly unreliable for that group.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Media Technician rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Media Technician 3 — $66,592 to $97,354 (3 years of experience)
- Media Technician 2 (graphic-Photography) — $58,222 to $84,763 (an associate's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Media Technician 2 — $58,222 to $84,763 (2 years of experience)
- Media Technician 1 — $50,990 to $73,902 (1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Media Technician 1 to the top of Media Technician 3 is $46,363, an increase of about 91% 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.
- Media Technician 1: Under the close supervision of a supervisory official in a State department, college, institution, agency, or local jurisdiction, assists in media usage consultation…
- Media Technician 2: Under the limited supervision of a supervisory official in a State department, college, institution, or agency, performs media usage consultation, information…
- Media Technician 2 (graphic-Photography): Under the limited supervision of a Director, Media and Technology, or other supervisory official in a State College, Department of Higher…
- Media Technician 3: Under the general supervision of an administrative officer or other supervisory official in a State department, college, institution, agency, or local government…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as an associate's degree on 1 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 7 people working under 2 of this family's titles, spread across 5 agencies. Office of Information Technology alone accounts for about 29% of them.
- Office of Information Technology — 2 employees
- Corrections — 2 employees
- Human Services — 1 employee
- State — 1 employee
- Law and Public Safety — 1 employee
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $65,461 for Media Technician 1 up to $94,062 for Media Technician 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 Media Technician, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Writer-Media Relations Coordinator, State Commission of Investigation (state jurisdiction)
- Technician Mvc ($48,807 to $70,641, state jurisdiction)
- Technician Mvc ($44,750 to $64,522, state jurisdiction)
- Radio Technician (local jurisdiction)
- X-Ray Technician (both state and local jurisdiction)
- X-Ray Technician ($44,260 to $63,811, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Media Technician jobs
How many Media Technician titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Media Technician family holds 4 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Media Technician earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $50,990 at the bottom of Media Technician 1 to $97,354 at the top of Media Technician 3. 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 Media Technician?
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 Media Technician need?
The most common education requirement in this family is an associate's degree, named on 1 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 Media Technician staff?
State payroll records show 7 people in this family across 5 agencies, with Office of Information Technology the largest at 2. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.