THIS POSITION MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE. THE AMOUNT OF TELEWORK IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS BUSINESS NEEDS ARISE.
DO YOU LIKE RESEARCHING? DO YOU LIKE BEING KEPT BUSY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME PART OF A TEAM THAT ADMINISTERS A FEDERAL PROGRAM COLLECTING EMPLOYER INFORMATION?
THIS MIGHT BE THE JOB FOR YOU!
The Employment and Payroll Group has an opening in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Program for a Program Technician III Lead Technical Coder.
The lead technical coder serves as a team leader for six to eight Program Technicians who assign six digit industry codes using the federal North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), county codes, Metropolitan Statistical Area location codes, and private or government ownership type codes through the initial registration (DE1) or annual re-certification processes known as the Annual Refile Survey (ARS). The Program Technician III ensures that staff follows and upholds federal laws and procedures governing coding assignments set by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The incumbent provides extensive hands-on training to staff on the federal rules to coding industry data as well as updating program changes and maintaining procedures for all journey level coders.
Position located at 9323 Tech Center Dr, Ste 1000, Sacramento, CA, 95826
Effective July 1, 2025, specific Bargaining Units and associated Excluded State employees are subject to a salary reduction between 2% - 4.62% in exchange for hours in the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) per month. For more details, please click here to visit the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) website.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website, www.calhr.ca.gov, and the CalPERS website, www.calpers.ca.gov.
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.
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