Teaching Assistant, Family
Career series with 4 positions across 2 levels
New Jersey classifies Teaching Assistant as a 2-level family, 4 titles in all, built for step-by-step advancement.
Entry is typically through Teaching Assistant, 10 Months, advancing through the ladder toward Teaching Assistant, 12 Months. Pay across the family spans $37,724 to $64,522, around the 4th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 19 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Education.
Teaching Assistant is a common next step after Senior Library Assistant,.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- TEACHING ASSISTANT, 10 MONTHS (75262) $39,358 - $56,481/year
- TEACHING ASSISTANT, 10 MONTHS (75262C) $37,724 - $54,061/year
- TEACHING ASSISTANT, 12 MONTHS (75272) $42,866 - $61,705/year
- TEACHING ASSISTANT, 12 MONTHS (75273) $44,750 - $64,522/year
What the Teaching Assistant family covers
Teaching Assistant is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 4 title codes across 2 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.
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
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Teaching Assistant rungs look like this. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Teaching Assistant, 12 Months — $44,750 to $64,522
- Teaching Assistant, 12 Months — $42,866 to $61,705
- Teaching Assistant, 10 Months — $39,358 to $56,481
- Teaching Assistant, 10 Months — $37,724 to $54,061
The distance from the bottom of Teaching Assistant, 10 Months to the top of Teaching Assistant, 12 Months is $26,798, an increase of about 71% 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.
- Teaching Assistant, 10 Months: Under supervision of a Supervisor of Educational Programs or Assistant Supervisor of Educational Programs in a state school or institution, acts as direct…
- Teaching Assistant, 12 Months: Under supervision of a Supervisor of Educational Programs or Assistant Supervisor of Educational Programs in a state school or institution, acts as direct…
What it takes to qualify
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. On how the jobs are filled: 4 are non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.
2 titles in this family are covered by the compendium's special incentive program, which lets an appointing authority hire a qualified candidate above the bottom step instead of starting them at step one. See the full list of incentive titles.
Who actually employs these titles
19 people appear on the state payroll under 2 of these titles, at 2 agencies. Education alone accounts for about 95% of them.
- Education — 18 employees
- Children and Families — 1 employee
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $51,262 for Teaching Assistant, 10 Months up to $62,340 for Teaching Assistant, 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
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.
Common questions about Teaching Assistant jobs
How many separate Teaching Assistant classifications does New Jersey have?
The Teaching Assistant family holds 4 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 Teaching Assistant paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $37,724 at the bottom of Teaching Assistant, 10 Months to $64,522 at the top of Teaching Assistant, 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 Teaching Assistant?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 4. A non-competitive appointment is made on proof that you meet the stated requirements, without a competitive examination, though the position is still in the classified service with its own protections.
What are the requirements to become a Teaching Assistant?
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.
Which agencies employ Teaching Assistant staff?
State payroll records show 19 people in this family across 2 agencies, with Education the largest at 18. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.