CLERK TYPIST (Code 37540)
A survival from the era when typing was a distinct skill with its own performance test. The work now is document preparation and data entry, and the title has stayed put while the equipment underneath it changed twice over.
What the official title list records
- Class of service: Non-Competitive
- Work week: 40
Related titles that do have a published specification
- CLERK TYPIST · 23231
- CLERK TYPIST 2, EVIDENCE-HANDLING · 23241
- INTERMITTENT CLERK TYPIST · 09027
- PRINCIPAL CLERK TYPIST · 23234
- SENIOR CLERK TYPIST · 23233
- TELEPHONE OPERATOR TYPIST · 21811
How to apply
This title is not filled by examination — agencies appoint directly.
See every real route in, and where to apply. 17 agencies employ it. We don't track live vacancies.
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Clerk Typist appears on the State payroll at 21 departments, most of them at Department of Children and Families.
State departments
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Who employs this title
State payroll records show 250 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $42,990. The agencies employing the most are:
- Children and Families (91)
- Office of the Public Defender (59)
- Corrections (13)
- Labor (12)
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.