Staff Nurse - Family
Career series with 3 positions across 1 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Staff Nurse - names a 1-level progression covering 3 distinct titles.
The family is anchored by Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months. Pay across the family spans $53,282 to $92,953, around the 23rd percentile of all civil service job families by top pay.
Staff Nurse - is a common next step after Special Staff Officer and Staff Clinical Psychologist.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- STAFF NURSE - 10 MONTHS AND 12 MONTHS (03841) $55,691 - $81,008/year
- STAFF NURSE - 10 MONTHS AND 12 MONTHS (03852) $63,663 - $92,953/year
- STAFF NURSE - 10 MONTHS AND 12 MONTHS (60007) $53,282 - $77,371/year
What the Staff Nurse family covers
Staff Nurse 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.
The state is a direct care employer at scale, running psychiatric hospitals, developmental centers and veterans homes around the clock. That shapes the classifications: shift work, unusual work weeks and institution-specific variants are normal here rather than exceptional, and the same clinical title can exist several times over for different facilities. Professional licensure carries the qualification weight, so movement between the public and private sector is easier in this group than almost anywhere else in civil service. Counties run their own health departments and hire parallel titles under local jurisdiction.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Staff Nurse rungs, listed from the best paid down. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months — $63,663 to $92,953
- Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months — $55,691 to $81,008
- Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months — $53,282 to $77,371
The distance from the bottom of Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months to the top of Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months is $39,672, an increase of about 74% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months: Either (a) under direction of a supervisory registered nurse in a health care facility, assumes responsibility as a member of the treatment team…
Requirements across the family
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. Every title here carries a license or certification requirement, so the credential matters more than the exam score.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 2 are non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by 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
Other classifications built on the same terms as Staff Nurse. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Regional Staff Nurse Medical Assistance ($83,582 to $122,832, state jurisdiction)
- Regional Staff Nurse, Medical Assistance ($79,844 to $117,228, state jurisdiction)
- Chief of Staff (both state and local jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Staff Assistant (state jurisdiction)
- Staff Assistant 2 ($50,990 to $73,902, state jurisdiction) — in the Staff Assistant family
- General Staff Officer ($75,474 to $105,655, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Staff Nurse jobs
How many separate Staff Nurse classifications does New Jersey have?
The Staff Nurse family holds 3 title codes. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Staff Nurse paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $53,282 at the bottom of Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months to $92,953 at the top of Staff Nurse - 10 Months and 12 Months. 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 Staff Nurse?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 2. A non-competitive appointment is made on proof that you meet the stated requirements, without a competitive examination, though the position is still in the classified service with its own protections.
What are the requirements to become a Staff Nurse?
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. 3 of the titles require a license or certification.