Unemployment Insurance Technician Family
Career series with 4 positions across 4 levels
Unemployment Insurance Technician groups 4 related titles into a 4-level career ladder.
Entry is typically through Unemployment Insurance Technician 1, advancing through the ladder toward Unemployment Insurance Technician 4. Pay across the family spans $60,876 to $134,900, around the 64th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 59 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Labor.
Unemployment Insurance Technician reports to supervising titles such as Senior Laboratory Technician and Principal Laboratory Technician.
Positions in This Family
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TECHNICIAN 1 (56102) $60,876 - $88,743/year
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TECHNICIAN 2 (56103) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TECHNICIAN 3 (56104) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TECHNICIAN 4 (56105) $91,628 - $134,900/year
What the Unemployment Insurance Technician family covers
New Jersey classifies Unemployment Insurance Technician as a 4-level series holding 4 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.
Personnel titles administer the system this site documents: they run the exams, maintain the eligible lists, classify positions and handle the layoff and grievance machinery. That gives them an unusual footprint, since every department needs the function and the Civil Service Commission sets the rules for all of them. Training, affirmative action and equal employment titles sit in the same neighborhood. Local jurisdictions that have adopted Title 11A hire their own versions, which is why several of these families carry local as well as state codes.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Unemployment Insurance Technician 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.
- Unemployment Insurance Technician 4 — $91,628 to $134,900 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Unemployment Insurance Technician 3 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Unemployment Insurance Technician 2 — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
- Unemployment Insurance Technician 1 — $60,876 to $88,743 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Unemployment Insurance Technician 1 to the top of Unemployment Insurance Technician 4 is $74,024, an increase of about 122% 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.
- Unemployment Insurance Technician 1: Under the direction of a Supervisory official in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, assists in providing assistance to offices in the…
- Unemployment Insurance Technician 2: Under the direction of a Supervisory official in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, provides assistance and training to offices in the…
- Unemployment Insurance Technician 3: Under the direction of a Supervisory official in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, takes the lead within an organizational unit…
- Unemployment Insurance Technician 4: Under the general supervision of a Supervisory official in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, is directly responsible for all…
Getting in: the stated requirements
Across the 4 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 4 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 3 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 4 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 59 people working under 4 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. Labor alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Labor — 59 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $69,587 for Unemployment Insurance Technician 1 up to $113,615 for Unemployment Insurance Technician 4. 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
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ 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.
- Unemployment Insurance Clerk ($42,866 to $61,705, state jurisdiction)
- Unemployment Insurance Clerk ($42,866 to $61,705, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Unemployment Insurance Clerk ($48,807 to $70,641, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Unemployment Insurance Clerk ($48,807 to $70,641, state jurisdiction)
- Claims Examiner Unemployment & Disability Insurance ($55,691 to $81,008, state jurisdiction)
- Unemployment Insurance Clerk, Re-Employment Call Center ($46,727 to $67,528, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Unemployment Insurance Technician jobs
How many Unemployment Insurance Technician titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Unemployment Insurance Technician family holds 4 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Unemployment Insurance Technician earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $60,876 at the bottom of Unemployment Insurance Technician 1 to $134,900 at the top of Unemployment Insurance Technician 4. 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 an Unemployment Insurance Technician?
Yes for most of the family. 4 of the 4 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 an Unemployment Insurance Technician need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 4 of the 4 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 3 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Unemployment Insurance Technician staff?
State payroll records show 59 people in this family across 1 agency, with Labor the largest at 59. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.