Office Automation Specialist Family
Career series with 2 positions across 2 levels
New Jersey classifies Office Automation Specialist as a 2-level family, 2 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Office Automation Specialist 2, advancing through the ladder toward Office Automation Specialist 1. Pay across the family spans $69,668 to $117,228, around the 43rd percentile of all civil service job families by top pay.
Office Automation Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Health Systems Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- OFFICE AUTOMATION SPECIALIST 2 (53153) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- OFFICE AUTOMATION SPECIALIST 1 (53154) $79,844 - $117,228/year
What the Office Automation Specialist family covers
New Jersey classifies Office Automation Specialist as a 2-level series holding 2 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.
Technology classifications age badly, and New Jersey's show it. The plan still carries titles written around tape libraries, keypunch and input and output control, sitting alongside newer series for network administration, database work and software development. For an applicant that matters practically: an older title may describe duties nobody performs any more while the position itself has quietly become something else, so the specification is a weaker guide to the actual job here than it is in most families. Salaries also drift furthest from private-sector equivalents in this group, which is the reason the compendium allows advanced-step hiring for information processing titles.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Office Automation Specialist 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.
- Office Automation Specialist 1 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Office Automation Specialist 2 — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Office Automation Specialist 2 to the top of Office Automation Specialist 1 is $47,560, an increase of about 68% 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.
- Office Automation Specialist 2: Under the supervision of an Office Automation Specialist I or other supervisory officer, in a state department or agency, performs varied tasks in…
- Office Automation Specialist 1: Under the direction of a Project Manager, Data Processing, or other supervisory officer in a state department or agency, supervises lower grade automation…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 2 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 2 of them. 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.
On how the jobs are filled: 2 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Office Supervisor (local jurisdiction)
- Office Supervisor ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
- Office Services Manager (local jurisdiction)
- Chief of Office Services ($65,195 to $91,272, state jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Office Appliance Operator (local jurisdiction)
- Director Office of Planning ($71,879 to $100,638, state jurisdiction) — in the Director family
Common questions about Office Automation Specialist jobs
How many separate Office Automation Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Office Automation Specialist family holds 2 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is an Office Automation Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $69,668 at the bottom of Office Automation Specialist 2 to $117,228 at the top of Office Automation Specialist 1. 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 Office Automation Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 2 of the 2 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 an Office Automation Specialist?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 2 of the 2 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 2 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Is Office Automation Specialist 1 higher or lower than Office Automation Specialist 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.