Health Data Specialist Family
Career series with 3 positions across 3 levels
Health Data Specialist is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 3 titles spanning 3 levels.
Entry is typically through Health Data Specialist 1, advancing through the ladder toward Health Data Specialist 3. Pay across the family spans $69,668 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 13 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Health and Senior Services.
Health Data Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Occupational Health Consultant.
Positions in This Family
- HEALTH DATA SPECIALIST 1 (00372) $69,668 - $101,951/year
- HEALTH DATA SPECIALIST 2 (00373) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- HEALTH DATA SPECIALIST 3 (00374) $87,507 - $128,719/year
What the Health Data Specialist family covers
Health Data Specialist covers 3 title codes arranged into 3 levels of responsibility. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Clinical titles staff the state psychiatric hospitals, the developmental centers, the veterans homes and the county health departments. Licensure usually does the gatekeeping that an exam does elsewhere, so the qualification text points at a board registration rather than a test score, and the competitive exam is often an evaluation of credentials. This is also the corner of the compendium where the state pays to fill vacancies faster: several health care titles can be hired above the bottom step under the special incentive program.
The ladder, ordered by pay
The Health Data Specialist rungs, listed from the best paid down. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Health Data Specialist 3 — $87,507 to $128,719 (a master's degree and 3 years of experience)
- Health Data Specialist 2 — $79,844 to $117,228 (a master's degree and 2 years of experience)
- Health Data Specialist 1 — $69,668 to $101,951 (a master's degree and 1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Health Data Specialist 1 to the top of Health Data Specialist 3 is $59,051, an increase of about 85% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.
- Health Data Specialist 1: Under the close supervision of a Health Data Specialist 3 or other supervisory official in the Department of Health, conducts surveys, routine research…
- Health Data Specialist 2: Under the limited supervision of a Health Data Specialist 3 or other supervisory official in the Department of Health, organizes and directs assigned health…
- Health Data Specialist 3: Under the direction of a supervisory official in the Department of Health, organizes and directs health research activities of a complex and technical nature…
Requirements across the family
Across the 3 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 3 of them. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 3 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 13 people working under 2 of this family's titles, spread across 1 agency. Health and Senior Services alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Health and Senior Services — 13 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $92,265 for Health Data Specialist 1 up to $118,393 for Health Data Specialist 3. Those are medians of what people are really paid, not schedule minimums and maximums.
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 A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. 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
Other classifications built on the same terms as Health Data Specialist. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Health Data Specialist Apprentice ($63,663 to $92,953, state jurisdiction)
- Public Health Representative 3 Oncology Data Specialist ($58,222 to $84,763, state jurisdiction) — in the Public Health Representative family
- Supervising Public Health Representative Oncology Data Specialist ($87,507 to $128,719, state jurisdiction)
- Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 2 ($55,691 to $81,008, state jurisdiction) — in the Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist family
- Health Science Specialist (state jurisdiction)
- Health Systems Specialist 3 ($79,844 to $117,228, state jurisdiction) — in the Health Systems Specialist family
Common questions about Health Data Specialist jobs
How many Health Data Specialist titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Health Data Specialist family holds 3 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Health Data Specialist earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $69,668 at the bottom of Health Data Specialist 1 to $128,719 at the top of Health Data Specialist 3. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Health Data Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 3 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Health Data Specialist need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 3 of the 3 titles. Stated experience ranges from 1 to 3 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Health Data Specialist staff?
State payroll records show 13 people in this family across 1 agency, with Health and Senior Services the largest at 13. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.