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LABOR MARKET ANALYST 2

Code: 54144 State Competitive Range: R25 (FY2026)

Career Family: LABOR MARKET ANALYST

Salary: $77,143.55 - $113,263.8/year FY2026 schedule (last updated 2026-05-08)

New Jersey treats Labor Market Analyst 2 as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.

It sits mid-series for Labor Market Analyst, one step up from Labor Market Analyst 3 and one below Labor Market Analyst 1. The spec names a master's degree, but it leaves the door open to substitute experience for the degree. The FY2026 range lands between $77,144 and $113,264, and state payroll currently lists about 12 people in the title, most of them at Labor.

How to get hired

  1. Watch for an open-competitive announcement for Labor Market Analyst 2 on the NJ Civil Service Commission jobs portal. Announcements run for a fixed filing window.
  2. Apply during that window and sit the examination. Depending on the title, that can be a written test, a rating of your training and experience, or a mix of the two.
  3. Passing scores go onto a ranked eligible list. Veterans get preference points added on top of their score.
  4. When an agency has a vacancy it must appoint from the top of that list under the "Rule of Three." Many competitive jobs are first filled provisionally while the list is being built.

Read the official specification at NJ Civil Service Commission.

Pay ladder: Labor Market Analyst series

  1. Labor Market Analyst 4 — $58,818 – $85,742
  2. Labor Market Analyst 3 — $67,312 – $98,503
  3. Labor Market Analyst 2 — $77,144 – $113,264 (this title)
  4. Labor Market Analyst 1 — $88,530 – $130,339

Promoting to Labor Market Analyst 1 raises the top of the band by about $17,075. Its top salary lands around the 55th percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.

Rungs are ordered by FY2026 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 12 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $106,040. The agencies employing the most are:

  • 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

Under the direction of a supervisory official in the Department of Labor, performs assignments of considerable technical difficulty or has primary responsibility over staff or a specific programmatic aspect of the collection/generation, analysis, and dissemination of labor market, economic, demographic, or labor- related program data; does other related duties as required.

Examples of work

Designs or supervises the implementation of special or on-going surveys or studies of labor, economic, or demographic data relevant to statewide or area labor markets or departmental programs such as unemployment insurance, employment services, temporary disability insurance, or workers' compensation. Selects appropriate samples, designs questionnaires and other survey instruments, and determines methods of tabulation and analysis. Develops procedures and schedules for quality control analysis to determine accuracy, completeness, and conformance to program definitions, including field visits and/or travel when the need arises. Develops data bases or performs complex analyses of data to determine trends, patterns, projections, or program discrepancies for use in labor market intelligence gathering or improved program functioning including at least some data collection by phone mail or personal visit. Prepares narrative and statistical analyses of labor market, demographic, economic, or labor-related program data for memos, reports, publications, or press releases, the preparation of which requires a high degree of technical skill and adherence to appropriate technical, professional, and publications standards. Plans, organizes, and assigns the work of the organizational unit and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and disciplining of subordinates. Provides information or technical assistance to the public, the media, agency staff, or other private or public individuals regarding complex labor market, economic, demographic, or program- related data or procedural questions; trains other staff. Develops procedures, manual sections, or technical materials using primary and secondary source materials, trains other personnel in the implementation of procedures. Prepares correspondence. Maintains records, reports, and files. Supervises or generates, updates, reviews, revises, or maintains data bases relevant to assigned duties. Supervises or personally develops automated reporting systems that extract, compile, and format data specified in contractual or managerial mandates. Prepares service requests for submission, clearly communicating design objectives and requirements; develops material to test the system and ensure proper function. Designs, develops, and maintains systems or processes for the collection, tabulation, analysis, and dissemination of economic, labor market, demographic, and program-related data; monitors the systems or processes and introduces innovations. Develops, maintains, or administers automated or database systems containing program or other data to maintain a historical data base, expending research requests, ensuring the continuance of program statistics, and improving access to Department of Labor program data. Develops and prepares, briefs, articles, and publications to disseminate program data and findings. Represent the Office/Division at or arranges conferences, workshops, and other functions relevant to assigned job duties; makes presentations, conducts or participates in workshops. Searches literature or primary sources to find data or methodologies applicable to New Jersey use and adapts them for use by the division. Uses a personal computer and/or mainframe computer programs/packages and/or personal computer software applications to enter, generate, compile, manipulate, analyze, or format statistical data; reviews existing manual systems to determine the need for computerization. Serves as program resource person to data processing personnel concerning the design, implementation, or revision of systems; initiates and prepares service requests, problem reports and assists data processing personnel in understanding program requirements. Analyzes statistical or program data estimates to determine the need for revision; undertakes revisions according to applicable statistical and program standards; documents methods and results. Analyzes different industry occupation, demographic, geographic, worker safety, or other classification systems to develop crosswalk systems oversees the accuracy of coding activities. Codes or supervises the coding of specific data according to industry occupation, demographic, geographic, work safety, or other classification systems. Conducts or supervises phone and mail solicitations of data; derives the list of individuals or agencies to be contacted. Prepares clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Maintains or supervises the development and maintenance of data bases relevant to assigned duties. Supervises or develops operating procedures for automated and manual reporting systems. Designs and conducts surveys utilizing sampling techniques and monitors experiments to obtain desired types of information. Determines sources of data and limitation on reliability or usability of data. Assists in the planning and conducting surveys, experiments, and analytical studies to obtain statistical information on the effectiveness of program activities in meeting economic and other needs of the residents of New Jersey. Assists in developing ideas for application of economic principles and models to a wide variety of programs. Prepares clear, technical sound, accurate, and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding assigned duties. Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electric and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Knowledge of statistical theory, procedures, practices, and devices and their application to specific projects. Knowledge of the methods used to collect and analyze data. Knowledge of the labor market, business, industrial, employment, demographic, and socioeconomic-economic conditions within the State and the United States as a whole after a period of training. Knowledge of the use of modern data processing systems and programs for analytical use, practices, techniques, and equipment and their application to specific projects or programs after a period of training. Ability to design and implement special and on-going surveys, projects, quality control analyses, and studies of labor data relating to the statewide or area labor market or unemployment insurance, employment service or temporary disability insurance, workers' compensation, or other departmental program operations; such activities may include use of data processing techniques and equipment. Ability to develop, implement, update, review, and revise statistical procedures to generate labor market, economic, demographic, or program variables for use in periodic reports. Ability to perform assigned complex statistical and analytical work involving a good degree of independent judgement and responsibility within prescribed time schedules. Ability to prepare statistical and narrative analyses requiring a high degree of technical skill and which may include narrative and statistical forms suitable for publication and comprehension by the general public to be used in memos, reports, press releases, or publications. Ability to prepare complex analyses of statistical and narrative information to determine trends or patterns or to perform like descriptive functions as may be required. Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with those interested or involved in the work of the unit. Ability to generate, update, review, revise, and maintain databases, essential records, or files. Ability to supervise or oversee the work assignment and performance of subordinate level professional, paraprofessional, or clerical staff. Ability to provide technical assistance and ensure that statistical definitions, coding system concepts, and procedures are uniformly understood and properly applied. Ability to prepare technical materials to evaluate programs and provide guides to administrators in planning future program emphasis. Ability to write in a concise, effective, well organized manner according with college-level English composition standards for reports and publications . Ability to perform planning and statistical reporting activities, train operating personnel, and subordinates, and to develop new statistical procedures. Ability to acquire computer skills, learn to operate a computer terminal, and use various types of computer software to perform statistical or labor market analyses as well as to compile, analyze, or format data. Ability to serve as user analyst to data processing personnel in the design, implementation, or revision of systems. Ability to determine the need for and to initiate service request problem reports. Ability to utilize various types of electronic and manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units. Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficient to perform the duties of the position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known disability. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship,

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed. Applicants must meet one of the following or a combination of both experience and education. Thirty (30) semester hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience. Seven (7) years of professional experience involving the collection, analysis, and dissemination of labor market, economic, demographic, occupational, actuarial or labor-related program data or, in the collection, review and evaluation of information from individuals, employers and other sources to determine eligibility for grants, loans, insurance, credit, entitlements to cash awards, financial or other services or benefits, tax liability and/or workforce or other opportunities for individuals, employers or public or private agencies, including or supplemented by fifteen (15) semester hour credits in economics, mathematics, or statistics, at least three (3) credits of which must have been in statistics. OR Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by fifteen (15) semester hour credits in economics, mathematics, or statistics, at least three (3) semester hour credits of which shall have been in statistics; and three (3) years of the above-mentioned professional experience. OR Possession of a master's degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, public/business administration; and two (2) years of the above-mentioned professional experience. "Professional experience" refers to work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the authority to act according to one's own judgment and make accurate and informed decisions.