ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 3 (Code 37644)

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: 37644 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 3 appears on the State payroll at 16 departments, most of them at Department of Environmental Protection.

State departments

Employer	Employees
Department of Environmental Protection	18
Department of Law & Public Safety	15
Department of Labor	8
Department of Treasury	7
Department of Transportation	6
Motor Vehicle Commission	4
Board of the Public Utility	3
Department of Agriculture	3

Showing the largest 8 of 16 departments. All agencies.

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

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 74 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $79,333. The agencies employing the most are:

Environmental Protection (18)
Law and Public Safety (15)
Labor (8)
Treasury (7)

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.