Weights And Measures Inspector Family
Career series with 3 positions across 3 levels
Weights and Measures Inspector is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 3 titles spanning 3 levels.
Entry is typically through Weights and Measures Inspector 1, advancing through the ladder toward Weights and Measures Inspector 3. Pay across the family spans $71,668 to $144,398, around the 78th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 7 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Law and Public Safety.
Weights and Measures Inspector commonly advances into Superintendent Parks and Forestry and Construction and Maintenance Technician.
Positions in This Family
- WEIGHTS AND MEASURES INSPECTOR 1 (33081) $71,668 - $115,492/year
- WEIGHTS AND MEASURES INSPECTOR 2 (33082) $82,547 - $133,254/year
- WEIGHTS AND MEASURES INSPECTOR 3 (33083) $90,447 - $144,398/year
What the Weights and Measures Inspector family covers
New Jersey classifies Weights and Measures Inspector 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.
Inspectors and examiners are the operating arm of New Jersey's regulatory statutes, and the title usually tracks the law it enforces rather than a profession. That is why these families are narrow and numerous: weights and measures, construction code, environmental compliance, child care, insurance and market conduct each get their own series. Many require a state credential issued by another agency before you can hold the title at all, so the license, not the exam, is the real bottleneck. Local health and code enforcement offices hire the same titles as the state.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Weights and Measures Inspector 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.
- Weights and Measures Inspector 3 — $90,447 to $144,398 (5 years of experience)
- Weights and Measures Inspector 2 — $82,547 to $133,254 (4 years of experience)
- Weights and Measures Inspector 1 — $71,668 to $115,492 (3 years of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Weights and Measures Inspector 1 to the top of Weights and Measures Inspector 3 is $72,730, an increase of about 101% 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.
- Weights and Measures Inspector 1: Under the limited supervision of a Weights and Measures Inspector 3 or other supervisory official in the Department of Law and Public Safety, performs…
- Weights and Measures Inspector 2: Under the general supervision of a Weights and Measures Inspector 3 or other supervisory official in the Department of Law and Public Safety, may…
- Weights and Measures Inspector 3: Under the direction of a supervisory official in the Department of Law and Public Safety, performs complex work and supervises the office and metrology…
Getting in: the stated requirements
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. 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.
Every title here carries a license or certification requirement, so the credential matters more than the exam score. 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
State payroll records show 7 people working under 1 of this family's title, spread across 1 agency. Law and Public Safety alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Law and Public Safety — 7 employees
Median actual pay for Weights and Measures Inspector 1 is $97,812, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
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
The family is split across 2 salary schedules (FA and K), so two titles that look adjacent can be paid from different tables with different step structures. More than one union has members in this family: NJLESA and PBA-SLEU.
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.
- Weights and Measures Apprentice ($62,276 to $97,826, both state and local jurisdiction)
- Superintendent of Weights and Measures (local jurisdiction)
- State Superintendent of Weights and Measures
- Deputy Superintendent of Weights and Measures (local jurisdiction)
- Supervisor of Licensing, Weights and Measures ($106,318 to $157,012, state jurisdiction) — in the Supervisor family
- Assistant Superintendent of Weights and Measures (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Weights and Measures Inspector jobs
How many Weights and Measures Inspector titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Weights and Measures Inspector family holds 3 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Weights and Measures Inspector earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $71,668 at the bottom of Weights and Measures Inspector 1 to $144,398 at the top of Weights and Measures Inspector 3. 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 a Weights and Measures Inspector?
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 qualifications does a Weights and Measures Inspector need?
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 3 to 5 years is named where a requirement is stated. 3 of the titles require a license or certification.
Which agencies employ Weights and Measures Inspector staff?
State payroll records show 7 people in this family across 1 agency, with Law and Public Safety the largest at 7. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.