Supervisor Of Patients Accounts Family
Career series with 2 positions across 2 levels
New Jersey classifies Supervisor of Patients Accounts as a 2-level family, 2 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Supervisor of Patients Accounts 2, advancing through the ladder toward Supervisor of Patients Accounts 1. Pay across the family spans $66,592 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 11 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Human Services.
Positions in This Family
- SUPERVISOR OF PATIENTS ACCOUNTS 1 (55857) $87,507 - $128,719/year
- SUPERVISOR OF PATIENTS ACCOUNTS 2 (55863) $66,592 - $97,354/year
What the Supervisor of Patients Accounts family covers
Supervisor of Patients Accounts covers 2 title codes arranged into 2 levels of responsibility. 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 Supervisor of Patients Accounts rungs, listed from the best paid down. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.
- Supervisor of Patients Accounts 1 — $87,507 to $128,719 (a bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience)
- Supervisor of Patients Accounts 2 — $66,592 to $97,354 (a bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Supervisor of Patients Accounts 2 to the top of Supervisor of Patients Accounts 1 is $62,127, an increase of about 93% 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.
- Supervisor of Patients Accounts 1: Under general supervision of a Business Manager 1 or other fiscal officer, supervises the billing of clients and other sources for the cost of…
- Supervisor of Patients Accounts 2: Under the direction of a Business Manager 2 or other fiscal officer, supervises the billing of clients and other sources for the cost of institutional…
Requirements across the family
Across the 2 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 2 of them. Stated experience runs from 3 years 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: 2 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
11 people appear on the state payroll under 2 of these titles, at 3 agencies. Human Services alone accounts for about 64% of them.
- Human Services — 7 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 3 employees
- Military and Veterans Affairs — 1 employee
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $77,715 for Supervisor of Patients Accounts 2 up to $112,421 for Supervisor of Patients Accounts 1. 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
Other classifications built on the same terms as Supervisor of Patients Accounts. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Supervisor of Accounts (local jurisdiction) — in the Supervisor family
- Chief of Finance and Accounts (local jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Assistant Supervisor of Accounts (local jurisdiction)
- Collector of Delinquent Accounts (local jurisdiction)
- Assistant Supervisor of Patient Accounts (local jurisdiction)
- Principal Employee Benefits Clerk / Supervisor of Accounts (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Supervisor of Patients Accounts jobs
How many separate Supervisor of Patients Accounts classifications does New Jersey have?
The Supervisor of Patients Accounts family holds 2 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Supervisor of Patients Accounts paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $66,592 at the bottom of Supervisor of Patients Accounts 2 to $128,719 at the top of Supervisor of Patients Accounts 1. 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 Supervisor of Patients Accounts?
Yes for most of the family. 2 of the 2 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 Supervisor of Patients Accounts?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 2 of the 2 titles. Stated experience ranges from 3 to 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Supervisor of Patients Accounts staff?
State payroll records show 11 people in this family across 3 agencies, with Human Services the largest at 7. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Supervisor of Patients Accounts 1 higher or lower than Supervisor of Patients Accounts 3?
In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.