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N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.13 Salaries of employees whose annual salaries are not on a step in their salary range: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.13, Salaries of employees whose annual salaries are not on a step in their salary range: State service. Except as otherwise provided by the Chairperson, an employee whose base salary is not on a step in his or her salary range shall remain at his or her current ba Full text with 2 re

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Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

Sitting between two steps is a resolvable state, not a permanent one. An employee whose base salary does not fall on any step of their salary range keeps that salary. The excess over the nearest step below is carried separately as extra salary, and at the next anniversary date the employee moves up one step in place of the ordinary performance increment, which quietly consumes the difference rather than adding to it. Where base salary already exceeds the top of the range, the employee is red circled, holding at that figure until the range maximum catches up. The Chairperson may provide otherwise. Two neighbouring sections apply this same mechanism to particular triggers, a downward title reevaluation and a move out of a no-range title; this one is the general case.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.13. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

Except as otherwise provided by the Chairperson, an employee whose base salary is not on a step in his or her salary range shall remain at his or her current base salary. That part of an employee's salary that is above the nearest lower step in the salary range will be carried as extra salary until the employee's anniversary date, at which time the employee's salary shall be moved to the next higher step, if warranted by performance, in lieu of the normal performance increment. If the employee's base salary is above the maximum step, the employee will be red circled, that is, remain at that salary until the maximum step of the range is increased to a level at or above the employee's base salary, at which time the employee's salary shall be moved to that maximum step of the range.

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 2 recorded changes.

  1. AmendedR.2017 d.100
    48 N.J.R. 2653(a); 49 N.J.R. 1182(a)
  2. AmendedR.1993 d.424
    25 N.J.R. 1916(a); 25 N.J.R. 4064(a)

How this rule has been applied

1 decision has cited N.J.A.C. 4A:3-4.13. The list below is citations to those decisions, not the decisions. We have not written summaries for this section. A citation with no summary is deliberate: we do not paraphrase a decision we have not read. Nothing here is legal advice.

Civil Service Commission final determinations (1)
  • In re State Government Managers, CSC Docket No. 2015-3072014 N.J. CSC LEXIS 683Docket 2015-307

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