ACTING COMMISSIONER
A department is run by a commissioner nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. When that seat is empty, or the holder cannot serve, someone is designated to run the department in the meantime, and this is the title that person is carried under.
It is not a job anyone applies for. There is no examination, no eligible list and no specification describing the work, because the appointment is a political one and the duties are simply those of the commissioner it substitutes for.
What the official title list records
- Class of service: Unclassified
- Work week: No Limit
- Salary code: M98 — A 9x code is a special or flat rate set outside the step schedules, so no range is published.
Related titles that do have a published specification
- AIDE TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER · 04771
- ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER · 99985
- ASSISTANT INSURANCE COMMISSIONER · 55003
- COMMISSIONER · 59809
- COMMISSIONER, CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION · 98799
- DEPUTY COMMISSIONER · 59801
How to apply
This title is not filled by examination — agencies appoint directly.
See every real route in, and where to apply. 6 agencies employ it. We don't track live vacancies.
See all 6 employers and how to apply →Who employs this title
Acting Commissioner appears on the State payroll at 7 departments, most of them at Department of Health.
State departments
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 8 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $210,000. The agencies employing the most are:
- Health and Senior Services (2)
- Labor (1)
- Veterans Affairs (1)
- Banking and Insurance (1)
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.