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Resource Interpretive Specialist Family

Career series with 5 positions across 4 levels

In New Jersey civil service, Resource Interpretive Specialist names a 4-level progression covering 5 distinct titles.

Entry is typically through Resource Interpretive Specialist 1, Natural Resources, advancing through the ladder toward Resource Interpretive Specialist 4. Pay across the family spans $63,663 to $134,900, around the 64th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 31 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Environmental Protection.

Resource Interpretive Specialist commonly advances into Human Resource Consultant.

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Salary Range: $63,663 - $134,900/year

Specializations

Historic Natural Resources

Positions in This Family

What the Resource Interpretive Specialist family covers

Resource Interpretive Specialist is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 5 title codes across 4 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.

New Jersey splits environmental work across Environmental Protection, Agriculture, the county mosquito commissions and local utilities authorities, which is why families in this area often carry both state and local title codes. Field titles pair seasonal outdoor work with permitting and enforcement duties, so the same series can require a technical degree at one rung and a commercial driving or pesticide applicator credential at another. Water and sewer titles in particular are concentrated in municipal utilities authorities rather than in state service.

The ladder, ordered by pay

Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Resource Interpretive Specialist rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.

The distance from the bottom of Resource Interpretive Specialist 1, Natural Resources to the top of Resource Interpretive Specialist 4 is $71,237, an increase of about 112% 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.

What it takes to qualify

Across the 5 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 5 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: 5 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.

Who actually employs these titles

31 people appear on the state payroll under 3 of these titles, at 1 agency. Environmental Protection alone accounts for about 100% of them.

  • Environmental Protection — 31 employees

Median actual pay varies across the family, from $71,415 for Resource Interpretive Specialist 1, Natural Resources up to $121,977 for Resource Interpretive Specialist 4. 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

These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Resource Interpretive Specialist, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.

Families next to this one

New Jersey's classification plan links families by shared terminology and by the routes people actually take between them. These sit closest to Resource Interpretive Specialist.

Common questions about Resource Interpretive Specialist jobs

How many separate Resource Interpretive Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?

The Resource Interpretive Specialist family holds 5 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.

How much is a Resource Interpretive Specialist paid?

Published salary data for this family runs from $63,663 at the bottom of Resource Interpretive Specialist 1, Natural Resources to $134,900 at the top of Resource Interpretive Specialist 4. 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 Resource Interpretive Specialist?

Yes for most of the family. 5 of the 5 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 Resource Interpretive Specialist?

The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 5 of the 5 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 Resource Interpretive Specialist staff?

State payroll records show 31 people in this family across 1 agency, with Environmental Protection the largest at 31. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.