NJ Civil Service Navigator

SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT 3 (A21)

Clerical and secretarial support within a State office, with the levels marking increasing independence and the seniority of the person supported.

Where a code in this series has no specification, the position is filled by appointment because of the confidential material it touches.

What the official title list records

  • Class of service: Competitive
  • Work week: 40
  • Salary code: A21

Related titles that do have a published specification

Code: 24537 State Competitive Range: A21 (FY 2027) Work week 40: FLSA coveredOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Career Family: SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT

Salary: $66,592.01 - $97,353.91/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

How to apply

This title is filled by competitive examination.

See every real route in, and where to apply. 17 agencies employ it. We don't track live vacancies.

See all 17 employers and how to apply →

Who employs this title

Secretarial Assistant 3 appears on the State payroll at 21 departments, most of them at Office of Public Defender.

State departments

Employer Employees
Office of Public Defender 31
Department of Corrections 23
Department of Human Services 16
Department of Transportation 11
Department of Children and Families 11
Department of Labor 10
Department of Law & Public Safety 8
Department of Environmental Protection 6

Showing the largest 8 of 21 departments. All agencies.

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

Pay ladder: Secretarial Assistant series

  1. Secretarial Assistant 1 — $50,990 – $73,902
  2. Secretarial Assistant 2 — $55,691 – $81,008
  3. Secretarial Assistant 3 — $66,592 – $97,354 (this title)

Its top salary lands around the 40th 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 153 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $86,980. The agencies employing the most are:

  • Office of the Public Defender (31)
  • Corrections (23)
  • Human Services (16)
  • Transportation (11)

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.

Position Variants