ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 1 (Code 37639)

Administrative assistants support a senior official directly: correspondence, scheduling, briefing material, and the coordination that keeps an office running. The levels rise with the seniority of the official supported.

At the levels listed here the work carries routine access to material an appointing authority needs to keep confidential, which is what places the position outside the classified service.

What the official title list records

Class of service: Unclassified
Work week: 40

Code: 37639 State Unclassified Work week 40: FLSA covered Overtime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Career Family: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

How to apply

This title is not filled by examination — agencies appoint directly.

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Who employs this title

Administrative Assistant 1 appears on the State payroll at 26 departments, most of them at Department of Law & Public Safety. It is also used at 8 independent authorities.

State departments

Employer	Employees
Department of Law & Public Safety	27
Department of Corrections	15
Department of Labor	13
Department of Transportation	10
Motor Vehicle Commission	10
Department of Environmental Protection	9
Office of Public Defender	7
Department of Health	6

Showing the largest 8 of 26 departments. All agencies.

Independent authorities

Employer	Employees
New Jersey Transit Corporation	19
New Jersey Turnpike Authority	11
New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Financing Agency	11
New Jersey Water Supply Authority	2
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority	2
New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority	2
South Jersey Port Corporation	1
New Jersey Infrastructure Bank	1

All authorities.

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

Pay ladder: Administrative Assistant series

Administrative Assistant 3 — $63,663 – $92,953
Administrative Assistant 2 — $72,896 – $106,798
Administrative Assistant 1 — $83,582 – $122,832 (this title)

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 131 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $97,764. The agencies employing the most are:

Law and Public Safety (27)
Corrections (15)
Labor (13)
Transportation (10)

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.