Motor Vehicle Operator Family
Career series with 4 positions across 2 levels
Motor Vehicle Operator groups 4 related titles into a 2-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through Motor Vehicle Operator 1, advancing through the ladder toward Motor Vehicle Operator 2 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $38,641 to $63,341, around the 4th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 42 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Human Services.
Motor Vehicle Operator commonly advances into Printing Machine Operator and Computer Operator.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- SENIOR MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR, ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS (05597)
- MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR 2 (46734) $38,641 - $55,448/year
- MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR 1 (1-10 MONTHS) (46738) $38,641 - $55,448/year
- MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR 1 (46750) $43,934 - $63,341/year
What the Motor Vehicle Operator family covers
New Jersey classifies Motor Vehicle Operator as a 2-level series holding 4 separate title codes. The family straddles jurisdictions: 3 state and 1 local, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
Trades and maintenance titles are the most heavily local group in the whole classification plan. Public works yards, water and sewer utilities, parks departments and school district plants hire them, so the family often exists only with local codes and never appears on state payroll at all. Qualification usually rests on demonstrated skill and a driving credential rather than a degree, and several of these series are the ones New Jersey opens to applicants without any formal education requirement. At the state level the equivalent posts are represented by IFPTE rather than CWA.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Motor Vehicle Operator family stacks up as follows. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.
- Motor Vehicle Operator 1 — $43,934 to $63,341 (2 years of experience)
- Motor Vehicle Operator 1 (1-10 Months) — $38,641 to $55,448 (2 years of experience)
- Motor Vehicle Operator 2 — $38,641 to $55,448
The distance from the bottom of Motor Vehicle Operator 2 to the top of Motor Vehicle Operator 1 is $24,700, an increase of about 64% 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.
- Senior Motor Vehicle Operator, Elderly and Handicapped Persons: Under direction, drives, cleans, services, and makes minor repairs to motor vehicles used in transporting elderly…
- Motor Vehicle Operator 2: Under the direction of a supervisor, in a state department, operates a passenger or light duty truck type motor vehicle, carries out pick-up and/or delivery…
- Motor Vehicle Operator 1 (1-10 Months): Under direction of a supervisor in a state department, institution, or agency operates heavy trucks, buses, vans, tractor mowers, snow removal…
- Motor Vehicle Operator 1: Under direction of a supervisor in a state department, institution, or agency operates heavy trucks, buses, vans, tractor mowers, snow removal equipped trucks…
Getting in: the stated requirements
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 2 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
Every title here carries a license or certification requirement, so the credential matters more than the exam score. 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 42 people working under 1 of this family's title, spread across 5 agencies. Human Services alone accounts for about 57% of them.
- Human Services — 24 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 10 employees
- Military and Veterans Affairs — 5 employees
- Children and Families — 2 employees
- Corrections — 1 employee
Median actual pay for Motor Vehicle Operator 2 is $59,324, 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
The family is split across 2 salary schedules (A-P-R-S and C-I-O), so two titles that look adjacent can be paid from different tables with different step structures. Bargaining is handled by IFPTE. 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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Motor Vehicle Operator, Elderly and Handicapped Persons (local jurisdiction)
- Manager 1 Motor Vehicle Commission ($65,195 to $91,272, state jurisdiction) — in the Manager family
- Coordinator of Motor Vehicle Repair (local jurisdiction)
- Investigator 2 NJ Motor Vehicle Commission ($83,582 to $122,832, state jurisdiction) — in the Investigator family
- Technical Assistant, Motor Vehicle Commission ($42,866 to $61,705, state jurisdiction)
- Technical Assistant, Motor Vehicle Commission ($46,727 to $67,528, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Motor Vehicle Operator jobs
How many Motor Vehicle Operator titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Motor Vehicle Operator family holds 4 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Motor Vehicle Operator earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $38,641 at the bottom of Motor Vehicle Operator 2 to $63,341 at the top of Motor Vehicle Operator 1. 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 Motor Vehicle Operator?
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 Motor Vehicle Operator need?
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 2 years is named where a requirement is stated. 4 of the titles require a license or certification.
Which agencies employ Motor Vehicle Operator staff?
State payroll records show 42 people in this family across 5 agencies, with Human Services the largest at 24. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Motor Vehicle Operator 1 higher or lower than Motor Vehicle Operator 3?
In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.