Food Service Worker Family
Career series with 3 positions
Rather than one job, Food Service Worker is a rank used across 1 different specializations in New Jersey civil service (3 codes total).
Specializations include 10 - 12 Months. Pay across the family spans $38,928 to $55,860, around the 0th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 5 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Health and Senior Services.
Food Service Worker reports to supervising titles such as Senior Food Service Worker - and Assistant Food Service Supervisor.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- FOOD SERVICE WORKER (10 - 12 MONTHS) (01864)
- FOOD SERVICE WORKER (10 - 12 MONTHS) (44700)
- FOOD SERVICE WORKER (10 - 12 MONTHS) (44701) $38,928 - $55,860/year
What the Food Service Worker family covers
Food Service Worker is a rank rather than a single job. New Jersey applies it across 1 specialization, which together account for 3 title codes. The family straddles jurisdictions: 1 local, 1 both state and local, and 1 state, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.
Institutional food service keeps the state hospitals, correctional facilities, developmental centers and veterans homes fed, and it runs on a small ladder from worker to cook to supervisor. Nutrition titles sit alongside it but belong to public health: they run the WIC program and dietary planning rather than the kitchen. Because the work follows the institution rather than the office, these titles carry unusual work weeks and shift patterns, and several exist in both twelve-month and ten-month variants.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months): Under direction of a Cook, Head Cook, Food Service Supervisor, or other supervisory official, does the less complicated tasks…
Getting in: the stated requirements
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 2 are non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.
1 title in this family is covered by the compendium's special incentive program, which lets an appointing authority hire a qualified candidate above the bottom step instead of starting them at step one. See the full list of incentive titles.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 5 people working under 1 of this family's title, spread across 2 agencies. Health and Senior Services alone accounts for about 80% of them.
- Health and Senior Services — 4 employees
- Human Services — 1 employee
Median actual pay for Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) is $40,883, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
The family is split across 2 salary schedules (A-P-R-S and H), so two titles that look adjacent can be paid from different tables with different step structures. Bargaining is handled by AFSCME. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
Because the family mixes jurisdictions, the answer to "who hires this" depends on the specific code. State codes run through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process; local codes are hired by the counties, municipalities and authorities that adopted civil service under Title 11A. Check an employer's status before assuming a title is available where you live.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Senior Food Service Worker (local jurisdiction)
- Cashier/Food Service Worker Cashier (local jurisdiction)
- Senior Food Service Worker-10 Months (state jurisdiction)
- Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months ($38,928 to $55,860, state jurisdiction) — in the Senior Food Service Worker family
- Food Service Manager (local jurisdiction)
- Supervisor Food Service (local jurisdiction) — in the Supervisor family
Common questions about Food Service Worker jobs
How many Food Service Worker titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Food Service Worker family holds 3 title codes. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Food Service Worker earn in New Jersey?
Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) is published at $38,928 to $55,860. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Food Service Worker?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 2. A non-competitive appointment is made on proof that you meet the stated requirements, without a competitive examination, though the position is still in the classified service with its own protections.
What qualifications does a Food Service Worker need?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education.
Which agencies employ Food Service Worker staff?
State payroll records show 5 people in this family across 2 agencies, with Health and Senior Services the largest at 4. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.