Teacher Family
Career series with 6 positions across 3 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Teacher names a 3-level progression covering 6 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Teacher 1, 12 Months, advancing through the ladder toward Teacher 3, 12 Months and, from there, into supervisory roles. Pay across the family spans $55,691 to $111,856, around the 39th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 279 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Children and Families.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- HEAD TEACHER (01970)
- TEACHER 2, 10-MONTHS (75282) $58,222 - $84,763/year
- TEACHER 1, 12 MONTHS (75291) $55,691 - $81,008/year
- TEACHER 2, 12-MONTHS (75292) $66,592 - $97,354/year
- TEACHER 3, 12 MONTHS (75293) $76,287 - $111,856/year
- TEACHER 2, CHALLENGE YOUTH PROGRAM (75294) $69,668 - $101,951/year
What the Teacher family covers
Teacher covers 6 title codes arranged into 3 levels of responsibility. The family straddles jurisdictions: 5 state and 1 local, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
Public school teachers in New Jersey are not civil service, so the education titles in this system are the ones that sit outside a classroom: instructors in correctional and developmental facilities, curriculum and program development staff, and the education specialists at the Department of Education. Library titles are different again. County and municipal libraries are among the local employers that adopted civil service in their own right, which is why librarian and library assistant series carry local codes and appear in the local jurisdiction directory.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Teacher 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.
- Teacher 3, 12 Months — $76,287 to $111,856
- Teacher 2, Challenge Youth Program — $69,668 to $101,951
- Teacher 2, 12-Months — $66,592 to $97,354
- Teacher 2, 10-Months — $58,222 to $84,763
- Teacher 1, 12 Months — $55,691 to $81,008
The distance from the bottom of Teacher 1, 12 Months to the top of Teacher 3, 12 Months is $56,166, an increase of about 101% 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.
- Head Teacher: Under direction, directs and supervises professional and nonprofessional employees who provide instruction on the elementary and/or secondary level to students; does related…
- Teacher 2, 10-Months: Under the direction of the Supervisor of Educational Programs or Assistant Supervisor of Educational Programs, plans, executes, and…
- Teacher 1, 12 Months: Under direction of a Supervisor of Educational Programs, or an Assistant Supervisor of Educational Programs, executes the lessons and…
- Teacher 2, 12-Months: Under the direction of the Supervisor of Educational Programs or Assistant Supervisor of Educational Programs, plans, executes, and…
- Teacher 3, 12 Months: Under the direction of the Supervisor of Educational Programs or Assistant Supervisor of Educational Programs, plans, executes, and…
- Teacher 2, Challenge Youth Program: Under the direction of the Supervisor of Educational Programs, or other supervisory official, plans, executes and…
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. Experience requirements sit at 2 years wherever they are stated.
1 of the 6 titles carry a license or certification requirement. On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 5 are unclassified, which means appointment at the employer's discretion and salary set individually.
Who actually employs these titles
279 people appear on the state payroll under 4 of these titles, at 6 agencies. Children and Families alone accounts for about 36% of them.
- Children and Families — 100 employees
- Corrections — 94 employees
- Juvenile Justice Commission — 71 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 9 employees
- Military and Veterans Affairs — 4 employees
- Human Services — 1 employee
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $70,930 for Teacher 1, 12 Months up to $104,637 for Teacher 3, 12 Months. 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 Teacher. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Teacher Aide (local jurisdiction)
- Teacher Aide (local jurisdiction)
- Teacher Aide (local jurisdiction)
- Teacher Aide (local jurisdiction)
- Teacher Aide (local jurisdiction)
- Teacher Aide (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Teacher jobs
How many separate Teacher classifications does New Jersey have?
The Teacher family holds 6 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 Teacher paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $55,691 at the bottom of Teacher 1, 12 Months to $111,856 at the top of Teacher 3, 12 Months. 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 Teacher?
Mostly no. 5 of the 6 titles here are unclassified, so appointment is at the employer's discretion rather than from an eligible list, and salary is set individually rather than by a published step. That also makes cross-agency salary comparison less reliable for these titles.
What are the requirements to become a Teacher?
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 2 years is named where a requirement is stated. 1 of the titles require a license or certification.
Which agencies employ Teacher staff?
State payroll records show 279 people in this family across 6 agencies, with Children and Families the largest at 100. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.