Definitions

Job Title

All Classified jobs in the Louisiana State Civil Service system are assigned to a Job Title. Each job is described in a general way in its Job Specification. You can click on the Job Title in any display to see the Job Specification for that job. The Job Specification tells what the job's usual duties are, and it may list the State employers that use the job. Also, everyone is required to meet the Minimum Qualifications for most Classified jobs in order to be hired or promoted into them. The qualification requirements can be found at the end of the Job Specifications. For clerical positions, qualifications are Preferred, rather than required, as for other Classified positions.

Pay Level

All Classified jobs in the Louisiana State Civil Service system are assigned to a specific pay level in one of the six pay schedules. The job must be paid within the range of the minimum and maximum pay listed for the level to which it is assigned. You can see the minimum-to-maximum pay range for the job you are looking at by clicking on the Pay Level link for that job.

The six pay scales are:
  • AS - Administrative Schedule
  • MS - Medical Schedule
  • PS - Protective Services Schedule
  • SS - Social Services Schedule
  • TS - Scientific and Technical Schedule
  • WS - Technician and Skilled Trades Schedule

State employees have flexibility when hiring, and do not always hire at the minimum of the pay range. Special hiring rates will be noted when they post their vacancy. They may use a phrase such as "special entrance rate" or "SER" in their notes.

Minimum Salary/Maximum Salary

All Classified jobs in the Louisiana State Civil Service system are assigned to a pay grade with a pre-determined minimum and maximum salary range. A new hire into a Classified job is generally paid the minimum salary. State employers have flexibility when hiring, and do not always hire at the minimum of the pay range. Special hiring rates will be noted in their vacancy posting on LA Careers.

The six pay scales are:
  • AS - Administrative Schedule
  • MS - Medical Schedule
  • PS - Protective Services Schedule
  • SS - Social Services Schedule
  • TS - Scientific and Technical Schedule
  • WS - Technician and Skilled Trades Schedule

Additional Information

This column provides access to additional information about the job such as the number of employees in the job, the agencies that utilize the job and the parishes in which the jobs are located. It can help job seekers decide which jobs they wish to obtain scores for. If a job title has many positions, vacancies are likely to be more frequent, and chances of hiring may be better. This information does not represent actual vacancies - refer to LA Careers to search for vacancies.