State Budget Specialist Family
Career series with 4 positions across 4 levels
State Budget Specialist groups 4 related titles into a 4-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through State Budget Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward State Budget Specialist 4. Pay across the family spans $69,668 to $155,359, around the 86th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 31 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Treasury.
State Budget Specialist reports to supervising titles such as Supervising Program Development Specialist and Senior Environmental Health Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- STATE BUDGET SPECIALIST 4 (50838) $105,267 - $155,359/year
- STATE BUDGET SPECIALIST 3 (50839) $91,628 - $134,900/year
- STATE BUDGET SPECIALIST 2 (50840) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- STATE BUDGET SPECIALIST 1 (50841) $69,668 - $101,951/year
What the State Budget Specialist family covers
New Jersey classifies State Budget Specialist as a 4-level series holding 4 separate title 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.
Money titles are among the most portable in New Jersey government. The accounting, audit, budget and revenue series run in near-identical form at the state, in county finance offices and inside local civil service jurisdictions, which is why the same family often appears with both state and local codes. Requirements usually lean on a degree with accounting coursework rather than a license, and the CPA sits above the entry bar rather than at it. Promotion tends to follow the ledger: staff work first, then review of other people's work, then responsibility for a whole fund or program.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the State Budget Specialist family stacks up as follows. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- State Budget Specialist 4 — $105,267 to $155,359 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- State Budget Specialist 3 — $91,628 to $134,900 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- State Budget Specialist 2 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- State Budget Specialist 1 — $69,668 to $101,951 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of State Budget Specialist 1 to the top of State Budget Specialist 4 is $85,691, an increase of about 123% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- State Budget Specialist 4: Under the direction of a supervisory official, supervises a variety of functions related to the preparation, execution, and analysis of the Governor's budget…
- State Budget Specialist 3: Under the general supervision of a supervisory official, takes the lead in a variety of functions related to the preparation, execution, tracking, and analysis…
- State Budget Specialist 2: Under the limited supervision of a supervisory official, performs a variety of functions related to the preparation, execution, and analysis of the Governor's…
- State Budget Specialist 1: Under the close supervision of a supervisory official, assists in performing a variety of functions related to the preparation, execution, and analysis of the…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 4 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: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 1 is non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination. 1 title in this family is 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.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 31 people working under 4 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. Treasury alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Treasury — 31 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $67,312 for State Budget Specialist 1 up to $126,158 for State Budget Specialist 3. 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
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.
- State Budget Specialist Trainee ($63,663 to $66,592, state jurisdiction)
- Municipal Bond Specialist / Senior Budget Examiner (local jurisdiction)
- Budget Officer (local jurisdiction)
- Budget Examiner (local jurisdiction)
- Budget Analyst 3 ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction) — in the Budget Analyst family
- Senior Budget Examiner (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about State Budget Specialist jobs
How many State Budget Specialist titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The State Budget Specialist family holds 4 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a State Budget Specialist earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $69,668 at the bottom of State Budget Specialist 1 to $155,359 at the top of State Budget Specialist 4. 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 State Budget Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 4 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 State Budget Specialist need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 4 of the 4 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 State Budget Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 31 people in this family across 1 agency, with Treasury the largest at 31. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.