Tax Services Specialist Family
Career series with 3 positions across 3 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Tax Services Specialist names a 3-level progression covering 3 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Tax Services Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward Tax Services Specialist 3. Pay across the family spans $79,844 to $155,359, around the 86th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 9 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Treasury.
Tax Services Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Hazardous Site Mitigation Specialist.
Positions in This Family
- TAX SERVICES SPECIALIST 1 (51331) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- TAX SERVICES SPECIALIST 2 (51332) $91,628 - $134,900/year
- TAX SERVICES SPECIALIST 3 (51333) $105,267 - $155,359/year
What the Tax Services Specialist family covers
New Jersey classifies Tax Services Specialist as a 3-level series holding 3 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.
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
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Tax Services 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.
- Tax Services Specialist 3 — $105,267 to $155,359 (a doctoral degree and 5 years of experience)
- Tax Services Specialist 2 — $91,628 to $134,900 (a doctoral degree and 4 years of experience)
- Tax Services Specialist 1 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a doctoral degree and 3 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Tax Services Specialist 1 to the top of Tax Services Specialist 3 is $75,515, an increase of about 95% 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.
- Tax Services Specialist 1: Under the limited supervision of a Tax Services Specialist 3 or higher level supervisor in the Division of Taxation, Department of the Treasury, performs…
- Tax Services Specialist 2: Under the general supervision of a Tax Services Specialist 3 or higher level supervisor in the Division of Taxation, Department of the Treasury, performs…
- Tax Services Specialist 3: Under the general direction of the Assistant Chief, Tax Services or other higher level supervisory official in the Division of Taxation, Department of the…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a doctoral degree on 3 of them. Stated experience runs from 3 years 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: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
9 people appear on the state payroll under 3 of these titles, at 1 agency. Treasury alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Treasury — 9 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $100,622 for Tax Services Specialist 1 up to $150,105 for Tax Services 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
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
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Chief, Tax Services ($87,368 to $122,298, state jurisdiction) — in the Chief family
- Assistant Chief, Tax Services ($79,246 to $110,957, state jurisdiction)
- Assistant Chief, Tax Services ($121,055 to $179,046, state jurisdiction)
- Tax Searcher (local jurisdiction)
- Tax Collector (local jurisdiction)
- Examiner Unemployment Tax ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Tax Services Specialist jobs
How many separate Tax Services Specialist classifications does New Jersey have?
The Tax Services Specialist family holds 3 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Tax Services Specialist paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $79,844 at the bottom of Tax Services Specialist 1 to $155,359 at the top of Tax Services Specialist 3. 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 Tax Services Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 3 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 Tax Services Specialist?
The most common education requirement in this family is a doctoral degree, named on 3 of the 3 titles. Stated experience ranges from 3 to 5 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Tax Services Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 9 people in this family across 1 agency, with Treasury the largest at 9. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.