Secretary Assistant Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
Secretary Assistant 1, Non-Stenographic/Deaf Language Specialist is a state title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
Candidates need an associate's degree and 3 years of relevant experience. Pay on the FY2027 schedule runs $50,990 to $73,902, and state payroll currently lists about 173 people in the title, led by Human Services.
Secretary Assistant is a single-title classification family: Secretary Assistant 1, Non-Stenographic/Deaf Language Specialist is the only position in it. Secretary Assistant commonly advances into Assistant Secretary.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- SECRETARY ASSISTANT 1, NON-STENOGRAPHIC/DEAF LANGUAGE SPECIALIST (24531D) $50,990 - $73,902/year
What the Secretary Assistant family covers
Secretary Assistant is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Clerical series are the entry door to New Jersey civil service and the largest group by headcount. They are also the most duplicated: nearly every one exists in both a state and a local version, and the local versions are what municipal clerks, county offices and boards of education hire against. Most require a high school diploma and nothing more, which makes them the practical route in for applicants without a degree. Advancement runs by responsibility, from clerk to senior to principal to head, with the specialised transcription and stenography variants branching off partway up.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Secretary Assistant 1, Non-Stenographic/Deaf Language Specialist: Under supervision, provides secretarial, administrative and clerical support to an assigned assistant division director…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 1 title we have parsed, the education requirements read as an associate's degree on 1 of them. Experience requirements sit at 3 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 173 people working under 1 of this family's title, spread across 21 agencies. Human Services alone accounts for about 14% of them.
- Human Services — 25 employees
- Law and Public Safety — 19 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 19 employees
- Corrections — 17 employees
- Children and Families — 13 employees
- Labor — 11 employees
Those are the 6 largest of 21 agencies employing this family.
Median actual pay for Secretary Assistant 1, Non-Stenographic/Deaf Language Specialist is $66,975, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Legal Secretary (local jurisdiction)
- Legal Secretary (local jurisdiction)
- Legal Secretary 2 ($46,727 to $67,528, both state and local jurisdiction) — in the Legal Secretary family
- Executive Secretary (state jurisdiction)
- Administrative Secretary (local jurisdiction)
- Secretary of Agriculture (state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Secretary Assistant jobs
How many Secretary Assistant titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Secretary Assistant family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Secretary Assistant earn in New Jersey?
Secretary Assistant 1, Non-Stenographic/Deaf Language Specialist is published at $50,990 to $73,902. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Secretary Assistant?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 1 title 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 Secretary Assistant need?
The most common education requirement in this family is an associate's degree, named on 1 of the 1 title. Stated experience ranges from 3 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Secretary Assistant staff?
State payroll records show 173 people in this family across 21 agencies, with Human Services the largest at 25. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.