Records Analyst Family
Career series with 3 positions across 3 levels
Records Analyst groups 3 related titles into a 3-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through Records Analyst 3, advancing through the ladder toward Records Analyst 1. Pay across the family spans $58,222 to $111,856, around the 39th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 5 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Treasury.
Records Analyst commonly advances into Research Analyst and Records Support Technician.
Positions in This Family
- RECORDS ANALYST 3 (74201) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- RECORDS ANALYST 2 (74202) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- RECORDS ANALYST 1 (74203) $76,287 - $111,856/year
What the Records Analyst family covers
Records Analyst is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 3 title codes across 3 levels. The family straddles jurisdictions: 2 state and 1 both state and local, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
Analyst and planner titles are where New Jersey puts the work of deciding rather than delivering: land use, capital programming, rate setting, program evaluation and policy research. Many exist at the local level because municipal and county planning boards were early adopters of civil service, so the family may hold only local codes even when the same work happens at the state under a different name. The qualification pattern is consistent, a bachelor's degree at entry with experience substituting upward, and the ladders are usually clean numbered progressions.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Records 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.
- Records Analyst 1 — $76,287 to $111,856 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Records Analyst 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Records Analyst 3 — $58,222 to $84,763 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Records Analyst 3 to the top of Records Analyst 1 is $53,634, an increase of about 92% 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.
- Records Analyst 3: Under the direction of a Records Analyst 1, or other supervisory official in the Department of the Treasury, or in a local agency, assists in the review, analysis and…
- Records Analyst 2: Under supervision of the Records Analyst 1, Department of the Treasury, analysis, and appraises current records management procedures, develops and provides…
- Records Analyst 1: Under direction in Division of Archives and Records Management, Department of the Treasury, has charge of the program and staff involved in reviewing and analyzing…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 3 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: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 5 people working under 2 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. Treasury alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Treasury — 5 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $81,897 for Records Analyst 3 up to $102,919 for Records Analyst 1. 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
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
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Records Analyst, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Records Management Analyst ($58,222 to $84,763, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Records Manager (local jurisdiction)
- Clerk 1, Records ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction) — in the Clerk family
- Medical Records Technician ($53,282 to $77,371, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Medical Records Supervisor ($60,876 to $88,743, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Supervisor, Records Storage ($72,896 to $106,798, state jurisdiction) — in the Supervisor family
Common questions about Records Analyst jobs
How many Records Analyst titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Records Analyst family holds 3 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Records Analyst earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $58,222 at the bottom of Records Analyst 3 to $111,856 at the top of Records Analyst 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 Records Analyst?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 3 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 Records Analyst need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 3 of the 3 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.
Which agencies employ Records Analyst staff?
State payroll records show 5 people in this family across 1 agency, with Treasury the largest at 5. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Records Analyst 1 higher or lower than Records 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.