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ACCOUNTANT 2 (P23)

Keeps an agency's books to the standards the State requires — reconciliations, financial reporting, and the audit trail behind public spending.

The levels follow complexity and supervisory duty. Where a code carries no specification, the position is appointed.

What the official title list records

  • Class of service: Competitive
  • Work week: 40
  • Salary code: P23

Related titles that do have a published specification

Code: 50441 State Competitive Range: P23 (FY 2027) Work week 40: FLSA coveredOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Career Family: ACCOUNTANT

Salary: $72,896.47 - $106,798.07/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

How to apply

This title is filled by competitive examination.

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Who employs this title

Accountant 2 appears on the State payroll at 7 departments, most of them at Department of Treasury.

State departments

Employer Employees
Department of Treasury 9
Department of Human Services 6
Department of Corrections 2
Department of Law & Public Safety 2
Department of Labor 1
Department of State 1
Department of Environmental Protection 1

All agencies.

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

Pay ladder: Accountant series

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

Promoting to Accountant 1 raises the top of the band by about $16,034. Its top salary lands around the 54th 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 22 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $82,173. The agencies employing the most are:

  • Treasury (9)
  • Human Services (6)
  • Corrections (2)
  • Law and Public Safety (2)

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.