Food Service Worker Family
Career series with 1 positions
Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) is a non-competitive state civil service title, so there is no ranked exam. You qualify by meeting the stated education and experience.
The FY2027 range lands between $38,928 and $55,860, and state payroll currently lists 5 people in the title, most of them at Health and Senior Services.
Food Service Worker is a single-title classification family: Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) is the only position in it. Food Service Worker reports to supervising titles such as Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months and Assistant Food Service Supervisor.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- FOOD SERVICE WORKER (10 - 12 MONTHS) (44701) $38,928 - $55,860/year
What the Food Service Worker family covers
Food Service Worker is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
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 published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- 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 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
Titles in this family are paid on the H salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by AFSCME. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
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 ($30,664 to $43,421, local jurisdiction)
- Senior Food Service Worker-10 Months ($33,279 to $47,359, state jurisdiction)
- Food Service Worker (10 - 12 Months) All Jurisdictions (local jurisdiction) — in the Food Service Worker (10 family
- Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months (all Jurisdictions) ($38,928 to $55,860, state jurisdiction) — in the Senior Food Service Worker - 12 Months family
- Food Service Manager (local jurisdiction)
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 1 title code. 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 1. 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.