Storekeeper Family
Career series with 5 positions across 3 levels
Storekeeper is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 5 titles spanning 3 levels.
Entry is typically through Storekeeper 1, advancing through the ladder toward Storekeeper 3. Pay across the family spans $44,750 to $88,743, around the 21st percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 134 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Corrections.
Positions in This Family
- STOREKEEPER 2 (40140) $50,990 - $73,902/year
- STOREKEEPER 1 (40142) $44,750 - $64,522/year
- STOREKEEPER 2 (40143) $53,282 - $77,371/year
- STOREKEEPER 3 (40144) $60,876 - $88,743/year
- STOREKEEPER 3 (40145) $58,222 - $84,763/year
What the Storekeeper family covers
Storekeeper covers 5 title codes arranged into 3 levels of responsibility. The family straddles jurisdictions: 4 both state and local and 1 state, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
Trades and maintenance titles are the most heavily local group in the whole classification plan. Public works yards, water and sewer utilities, parks departments and school district plants hire them, so the family often exists only with local codes and never appears on state payroll at all. Qualification usually rests on demonstrated skill and a driving credential rather than a degree, and several of these series are the ones New Jersey opens to applicants without any formal education requirement. At the state level the equivalent posts are represented by IFPTE rather than CWA.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Storekeeper 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.
- Storekeeper 3 — $60,876 to $88,743 (4 years of experience)
- Storekeeper 3 — $58,222 to $84,763 (4 years of experience)
- Storekeeper 2 — $53,282 to $77,371 (3 years of experience)
- Storekeeper 2 — $50,990 to $73,902 (3 years of experience)
- Storekeeper 1 — $44,750 to $64,522 (1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Storekeeper 1 to the top of Storekeeper 3 is $43,993, an increase of about 98% 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.
- Storekeeper 2: Under the limited supervision of a supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency, or a local jurisdiction coordinates the activities of workers engaged…
- Storekeeper 1: Under the close supervision of a supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency or a local jurisdiction, assists higher level Storekeepers in receiving…
- Storekeeper 3: Under the general supervision of a supervisory official in a state department, institution, or agency, or a local jurisdiction, supervises the daily operation and functions…
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. 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: 5 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 134 people working under 3 of this family's titles, spread across 13 agencies. Corrections alone accounts for about 28% of them.
- Corrections — 37 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 31 employees
- Treasury — 21 employees
- Human Services — 18 employees
- Law and Public Safety — 12 employees
- Military and Veterans Affairs — 5 employees
Those are the 6 largest of 13 agencies employing this family.
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $55,654 for Storekeeper 1 up to $80,357 for Storekeeper 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
Because the family mixes jurisdictions, the answer to "who hires this" depends on the specific code. State codes run through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process; local codes are hired by the counties, municipalities and authorities that adopted civil service under Title 11A. Check an employer's status before assuming a title is available where you live.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Storekeeper. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Storekeeper (local jurisdiction)
- Storekeeper, Automotive (local jurisdiction)
- Storekeeper Electric Utility (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Storekeeper jobs
How many Storekeeper titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Storekeeper family holds 5 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Storekeeper earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $44,750 at the bottom of Storekeeper 1 to $88,743 at the top of Storekeeper 3. 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 Storekeeper?
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 qualifications does a Storekeeper need?
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 to 4 years is named where a requirement is stated.
Which agencies employ Storekeeper staff?
State payroll records show 134 people in this family across 13 agencies, with Corrections the largest at 37. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.