Senior Clerk Typist Family
Career series with 3 positions
Senior Clerk Typist is an umbrella title in New Jersey civil service, covering 1 distinct specialization across 3 title codes.
Specializations include All Jurisdictions. Pay across the family spans $39,358 to $56,481, around the 1st percentile of all civil service job families by top pay.
Senior Clerk Typist supervises titles such as Clerk and Clerk Stenographer.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- SENIOR CLERK TYPIST (ALL JURISDICTIONS) (23233) $39,358 - $56,481/year
- SENIOR CLERK TYPIST (ALL JURISDICTIONS) (23233C) $39,358 - $56,481/year
- SENIOR CLERK TYPIST (ALL JURISDICTIONS) (23235) $39,358 - $56,481/year
What the Senior Clerk Typist family covers
Senior Clerk Typist works as an umbrella classification: 1 different specialization share the title across 3 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.
Office support is where New Jersey's classification plan is at its most granular. Typing, transcription, stenography, records, reception and general clerical duties each became their own series, and each series then split into state and local versions, which is why the catalog holds so many near-identical clerical codes. For applicants this granularity is mostly good news: it means a lot of separate eligible lists, most of them asking for a high school diploma and no experience, and it makes clerical work the most common way people enter the system and then transfer sideways.
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.
- Senior Clerk Typist (all Jurisdictions): U nder supervision , performs typing and other related clerical work requiring the exercise of independent judgment and a working knowledge of…
- Senior Clerk Typist (all Jurisdictions): Under supervision, performs typing and other related clerical work requiring the exercise of independent judgment and a working knowledge of…
- Senior Clerk Typist (all Jurisdictions): Under supervision, performs typing and other related clerical work requiring exercise of independent judgment and working knowledge of department…
What it takes to qualify
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. Experience requirements sit at 1 year wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination. 2 titles in this family are covered by the compendium's special incentive program, which lets an appointing authority hire a qualified candidate above the bottom step instead of starting them at step one. See the full list of incentive titles.
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 Senior Clerk Typist, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Clerk Typist ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Clerk Typist ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Clerk Typist ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Principal Clerk Typist ($44,750 to $64,522, state jurisdiction) — in the Clerk Typist family
- Intermittent Clerk Typist (local jurisdiction)
- Telephone Operator Typist ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Senior Clerk Typist jobs
How many separate Senior Clerk Typist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Senior Clerk Typist family holds 3 title codes. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Senior Clerk Typist paid?
Senior Clerk Typist (all Jurisdictions) is published at $39,358 to $56,481. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Is there a civil service test for Senior Clerk Typist?
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 are the requirements to become a Senior Clerk Typist?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education. Experience of 1 year is named where a requirement is stated.