Municipal Finance Auditor Family
Career series with 4 positions across 3 levels
New Jersey classifies Municipal Finance Auditor as a 3-level family, 4 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Municipal Finance Auditor 3, advancing through the ladder toward Municipal Finance Auditor 1 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $60,876 to $141,386, around the 70th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 7 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Community Affairs.
Municipal Finance Auditor is closely related to Auditor.
Positions in This Family
- SUPERVISING MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUDITOR (55390) $95,955 - $141,386/year
- MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUDITOR 3 (55392) $60,876 - $88,743/year
- MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUDITOR 2 (55393) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUDITOR 1 (55394) $79,844 - $117,228/year
What the Municipal Finance Auditor family covers
Municipal Finance Auditor covers 4 title codes arranged into 3 levels of responsibility. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Financial titles are unusually legible compared with the rest of the plan, because the duties track a professional body of practice rather than an agency's internal structure. That makes the ladders predictable, the qualification language consistent, and movement between departments straightforward. It also makes them one of the better-documented corners of the state payroll, since almost every department employs some of them, so the headcount and salary figures for these families rest on large samples rather than a handful of positions.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Municipal Finance Auditor rungs, listed from the best paid down. 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.
- Supervising Municipal Finance Auditor — $95,955 to $141,386 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Municipal Finance Auditor 1 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Municipal Finance Auditor 2 — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Municipal Finance Auditor 3 — $60,876 to $88,743 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Municipal Finance Auditor 3 to the top of Supervising Municipal Finance Auditor is $80,510, an increase of about 132% 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.
- Supervising Municipal Finance Auditor: Under direction of a supervisory official in the Division of Local Government Services, Department of Community Affairs, supervises the activities…
- Municipal Finance Auditor 3: Under close supervision of a Municipal Finance Auditor 1 or other supervisory official in the Division of Local Government Services, Department of Community…
- Municipal Finance Auditor 2: Under limited supervision of a Municipal Finance Auditor 1 or other supervisory official in the Division of Local Government Services, Department of Community…
- Municipal Finance Auditor 1: Under direction of a Supervising Municipal Finance Auditor or other supervisory official in the Division of Local Government Services, Department of Community…
Requirements across the family
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 3 of them and a bachelor'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.
1 of the 4 titles carry a license or certification requirement. On how the jobs are filled: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination. 3 titles in this family are covered by the compendium's special incentive program, which lets an appointing authority hire a qualified candidate above the bottom step instead of starting them at step one. See the full list of incentive titles.
Who actually employs these titles
7 people appear on the state payroll under 3 of these titles, at 1 agency. Community Affairs alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Community Affairs — 7 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $79,789 for Municipal Finance Auditor 2 up to $127,826 for Supervising Municipal Finance Auditor. 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
Hiring for this family runs through state service. Departments, commissions and boards fill these titles from eligible lists built by the Civil Service Commission, so the route in is an announcement and a filing deadline rather than a posting you apply to directly. What state jurisdiction means, and a breakdown of who employs what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Municipal Finance Auditor. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Director of Finance (local jurisdiction) — in the Director family
- Manager, Public Finance (state jurisdiction)
- Election Finance Analyst ($65,195 to $91,282, state jurisdiction)
- Assistant Director of Finance (local jurisdiction)
- Chief of Finance and Accounts (local jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Certified County Finance Officer
Common questions about Municipal Finance Auditor jobs
How many separate Municipal Finance Auditor classifications does New Jersey have?
The Municipal Finance Auditor family holds 4 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Municipal Finance Auditor paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $60,876 at the bottom of Municipal Finance Auditor 3 to $141,386 at the top of Supervising Municipal Finance Auditor. 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 Municipal Finance Auditor?
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 are the requirements to become a Municipal Finance Auditor?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 3 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 3 years depending on the rung. 1 of the titles also require a license or certification. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Municipal Finance Auditor staff?
State payroll records show 7 people in this family across 1 agency, with Community Affairs the largest at 7. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Municipal Finance Auditor 1 higher or lower than Municipal Finance Auditor 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.