Pensions Benefits Specialist Family
Career series with 4 positions across 3 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Pensions Benefits Specialist names a 3-level progression covering 4 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Pensions Benefits Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward Pensions Benefits Specialist 3 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $58,222 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 217 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Treasury.
Pensions Benefits Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Hazardous Site Mitigation Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- PENSIONS BENEFITS SPECIALIST 1 (53652) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- PENSIONS BENEFITS SPECIALIST 2 (53653) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- PENSIONS BENEFITS SPECIALIST 3 (53654) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- SUPERVISING PENSIONS BENEFITS SPECIALIST (53655) $87,507 - $128,719/year
What the Pensions Benefits Specialist family covers
New Jersey classifies Pensions Benefits Specialist as a 3-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.
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
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Pensions Benefits 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.
- Supervising Pensions Benefits Specialist — $87,507 to $128,719 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Pensions Benefits Specialist 3 — $76,287 to $111,856 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Pensions Benefits Specialist 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Pensions Benefits Specialist 1 — $58,222 to $84,763 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Pensions Benefits Specialist 1 to the top of Supervising Pensions Benefits Specialist is $70,497, an increase of about 121% 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.
- Pensions Benefits Specialist 1: Under the close supervision of a Pensions Benefits Specialist 3 or other supervisory official in the Division of Pensions and Benefits, Department of the…
- Pensions Benefits Specialist 2: Under the limited supervision of a Pensions Benefits Specialist 3 or other supervisory official in the Division of Pensions and Benefits, Department of the…
- Pensions Benefits Specialist 3: Under the supervision of a Supervising Pensions Benefits Specialist or other supervisory official in the Division of Pensions and Benefits, Department of…
- Supervising Pensions Benefits Specialist: Under the direction of a Chief, or other supervisory official in the Division of Pensions and Benefits, Department of the Treasury, supervises…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 3 of them and a master'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
217 people appear on the state payroll under 4 of these titles, at 1 agency. Treasury alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Treasury — 217 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $61,382 for Pensions Benefits Specialist 1 up to $116,402 for Supervising Pensions Benefits Specialist. 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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Pensions Benefits Specialist Trainee ($53,282 to $55,691, state jurisdiction)
- Employee Benefits Specialist (local jurisdiction)
- Chief Division of Pensions ($71,879 to $100,638, state jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Director, Division of Pensions (state jurisdiction) — in the Director family
- Assistant Chief, Division of Pensions ($100,498 to $148,187, state jurisdiction) — in the Assistant Chief family
- Employee Benefits Clerk (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Pensions Benefits Specialist jobs
How many separate Pensions Benefits Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Pensions Benefits Specialist 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 Pensions Benefits Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Pensions Benefits Specialist 1 to $128,719 at the top of Supervising Pensions Benefits Specialist. 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 Pensions Benefits 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 are the requirements to become a Pensions Benefits Specialist?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 3 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 Pensions Benefits Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 217 people in this family across 1 agency, with Treasury the largest at 217. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.