Rate Analyst Family
Career series with 4 positions across 3 levels
Rate Analyst is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 4 titles spanning 3 levels.
Entry is typically through Rate Analyst 3, Utilities, advancing through the ladder toward Rate Analyst 1, Utilities 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 3 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Board of the Public Utilities.
Rate Analyst commonly advances into Research Analyst and Administrative Analyst.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- RATE ANALYST 3, UTILITIES (56722) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- RATE ANALYST 2 UTILITIES (56723) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- RATE ANALYST 1, UTILITIES (56724) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- SUPERVISING RATE ANALYST, UTILITIES (56725) $87,507 - $128,719/year
What the Rate Analyst family covers
Rate Analyst is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 4 title codes across 3 levels. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Money titles are among the most portable in New Jersey government. The accounting, audit, budget and revenue series run in near-identical form at the state, in county finance offices and inside local civil service jurisdictions, which is why the same family often appears with both state and local codes. Requirements usually lean on a degree with accounting coursework rather than a license, and the CPA sits above the entry bar rather than at it. Promotion tends to follow the ledger: staff work first, then review of other people's work, then responsibility for a whole fund or program.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Rate Analyst rungs look like this. 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 Rate Analyst, Utilities — $87,507 to $128,719 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Rate Analyst 1, Utilities — $76,287 to $111,856 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Rate Analyst 2 Utilities — $66,592 to $97,354 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Rate Analyst 3, Utilities — $58,222 to $84,763 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Rate Analyst 3, Utilities to the top of Supervising Rate Analyst, Utilities is $70,497, an increase of about 121% 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.
- Rate Analyst 3, Utilities: Under the direction of a Supervising Rate Analyst or other supervisor, analyzes the impact of requested and alternate rate structures to determine equity and…
- Rate Analyst 2 Utilities: Under the direction of a Supervising Rate Analyst or other supervisor, analyzes the impact of requested and alternate rate structures to determine equity and…
- Rate Analyst 1, Utilities: Under the direction of a Supervising Rate Analyst, Utilities, or other supervisor, analyzes the impact of requested and alternate rate structures to determine…
- Supervising Rate Analyst, Utilities: Under the direction of a manager or other supervisory official, and subject to the rules and regulations of the Board of Public Utilities…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 4 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 4 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 3 people working under 2 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. Board of the Public Utilities alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Board of the Public Utilities — 3 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $58,818 for Rate Analyst 3, Utilities up to $77,715 for Rate Analyst 2 Utilities. 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
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Rate Analyst, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Rate Analyst Utilities, Trainee ($55,691 to $58,222, state jurisdiction)
- Director Division of the Rate Counsel ($117,080 to $163,895, state jurisdiction) — in the Director family
- Seed Analyst ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
- Legal Analyst (local jurisdiction)
- Fiscal Analyst (local jurisdiction)
- Fiscal Analyst ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Rate Analyst jobs
How many Rate Analyst titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Rate Analyst 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 Rate Analyst earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Rate Analyst 3, Utilities to $128,719 at the top of Supervising Rate Analyst, Utilities. 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 Rate Analyst?
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 Rate Analyst need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 4 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Rate Analyst staff?
State payroll records show 3 people in this family across 1 agency, with Board of the Public Utilities the largest at 3. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Rate Analyst 1 higher or lower than Rate Analyst 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.