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STAFF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 3 (P18)

Clinical psychologists in State facilities assess and treat patients or residents — psychiatric hospitals, developmental centres, correctional facilities. The levels rise with clinical independence and supervisory responsibility.

New Jersey licenses psychologists through its own board, and that licence is the qualification. Codes in this series without a specification are filled by appointment against that licence.

What the official title list records

  • Class of service: Competitive
  • Work week: Non-Exempt
  • Salary code: P18

Related titles that do have a published specification

Code: 01392 State Competitive Range: P18 (FY 2027) Work week NE: FLSA coveredOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Career Family: STAFF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Salary: $58,222.22 - $84,763.22/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

How to apply

This title is filled by competitive examination.

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Who employs this title

Staff Clinical Psychologist 3 appears on the State payroll at 2 departments, most of them at Department of Health.

State departments

Employer Employees
Department of Health 26
Department of Human Services 13

All agencies.

State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.

Pay ladder: Staff Clinical Psychologist series

  1. Staff Clinical Psychologist 2 — $66,592 – $97,354
  2. Staff Clinical Psychologist 3 — $58,222 – $84,763 (this title)
  3. Staff Clinical Psychologist 1 — $76,287 – $111,856

Its top salary lands around the 24th percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.

Rungs are ordered by FY 2027 pay. NJ level numbers are not always sequential, so ordering follows salary rather than the title number.

Who employs this title

State payroll records show 39 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $104,637. The agencies employing the most are:

  • Health and Senior Services (26)
  • Human Services (13)

Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator.

Definition

The Civil Service Commission lists this title code but publishes no job specification for it. The classification shown here comes from the official title list, which is the only record CSC publishes for this code.