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BUDGET ANALYST 3 (P20)

Builds and monitors an agency's budget: forecasting, tracking spending against appropriations, and preparing the justifications that go to the Office of Management and Budget and ultimately the Legislature.

The levels rise with the size of the budget and how much of the analysis the holder owns.

What the official title list records

  • Class of service: Competitive
  • Work week: 40
  • Salary code: P20

Related titles that do have a published specification

Code: 50097 State Competitive Range: P20 (FY 2027) Work week 40: FLSA coveredOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Career Family: BUDGET ANALYST

Salary: $63,662.98 - $92,953.28/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

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Who employs this title

Budget Analyst 3 appears on the State payroll at one department, Military Affairs.

State departments

Employer Employees
Military Affairs 4

All agencies.

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Pay ladder: Budget Analyst series

  1. Budget Analyst 3 — $63,663 – $92,953 (this title)
  2. Budget Analyst 2 — $72,896 – $106,798
  3. Budget Analyst 1 — $87,507 – $128,719

Promoting to Budget Analyst 2 raises the top of the band by about $13,845. Its top salary lands around the 35th 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 4 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $63,946. The agencies employing the most are:

  • Military Affairs (4)

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.