State Procurement Specialist Family
Career series with 5 positions across 4 levels
In New Jersey civil service, State Procurement Specialist names a 4-level progression covering 5 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through State Procurement Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward State Procurement Specialist 4 and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $63,663 to $155,359, around the 86th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 41 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Treasury.
State Procurement Specialist reports to supervising titles such as Supervising Program Development Specialist and Senior Environmental Health Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- STATE PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST 1 (52624) $63,663 - $92,953/year
- STATE PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST 2 (52626) $72,896 - $106,798/year
- STATE PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST 3 (52628) $83,582 - $122,832/year
- STATE PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST 4 (52630) $91,628 - $134,900/year
- SUPERVISING STATE PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST (52665) $105,267 - $155,359/year
What the State Procurement Specialist family covers
State Procurement 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.
Financial titles are unusually legible compared with the rest of the plan, because the duties track a professional body of practice rather than an agency's internal structure. That makes the ladders predictable, the qualification language consistent, and movement between departments straightforward. It also makes them one of the better-documented corners of the state payroll, since almost every department employs some of them, so the headcount and salary figures for these families rest on large samples rather than a handful of positions.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the State Procurement 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.
- Supervising State Procurement Specialist — $105,267 to $155,359 (a bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience)
- State Procurement Specialist 4 — $91,628 to $134,900 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- State Procurement Specialist 3 — $83,582 to $122,832 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
- State Procurement Specialist 2 — $72,896 to $106,798 (a bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience)
- State Procurement Specialist 1 — $63,663 to $92,953 (a bachelor's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of State Procurement Specialist 1 to the top of Supervising State Procurement Specialist is $91,696, an increase of about 144% 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.
- State Procurement Specialist 1: Under the close supervision of a Supervising State Procurement Specialist or other supervisory official in the Department of the Treasury, Division of…
- State Procurement Specialist 2: Under the limited supervision of a Supervising State Procurement Specialist or other supervisory official in the Department of the Treasury, Division of…
- State Procurement Specialist 3: Under the general supervision of a Supervising State Procurement Specialist or other supervisory official in the Department of the Treasury, Division of…
- State Procurement Specialist 4: Under the general supervision of a Supervising State Procurement Specialist or other supervisory official in the Department of the Treasury, Division of…
- Supervising State Procurement Specialist: Under the direction of a Manager, State Procurement Specialist in the Department of the Treasury, Division of Purchase and Property, the state's…
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 5 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
41 people appear on the state payroll under 4 of these titles, at 1 agency. Treasury alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Treasury — 41 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $62,925 for State Procurement Specialist 1 up to $113,807 for Supervising State Procurement Specialist. 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 State Procurement Specialist, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- State Procurement Specialist Trainee ($58,222 to $60,876, state jurisdiction)
- Manager, State Procurement Specialist ($115,536 to $170,731, state jurisdiction)
- Supervising Procurement Specialist ($91,628 to $134,900, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Contract Procurement and Control Specialist, Hazardous Waste ($100,498 to $148,187, state jurisdiction)
- Head Procurement Clerk ($50,990 to $73,902, state jurisdiction)
- Supervisor Procurement Unit ($87,507 to $128,719, state jurisdiction) — in the Supervisor family
Common questions about State Procurement Specialist jobs
How many separate State Procurement Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The State Procurement 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 State Procurement Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $63,663 at the bottom of State Procurement Specialist 1 to $155,359 at the top of Supervising State Procurement Specialist. 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 State Procurement 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 State Procurement 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 5 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ State Procurement Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 41 people in this family across 1 agency, with Treasury the largest at 41. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.