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Public Health Consultant Family

Career series with 8 positions across 2 levels

In New Jersey civil service, Public Health Consultant names a 2-level progression covering 8 distinct titles.

Entry is typically through Public Health Consultant 2 Nursing, advancing through the ladder toward Public Health Consultant 1 Nursing. Pay across the family spans $76,287 to $134,900, around the 64th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 24 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Health and Senior Services.

Public Health Consultant commonly advances into Health Systems Specialist and Coordinator, Health Projects.

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Positions
2
Career Levels
4
Specializations
Salary Range: $76,287 - $134,900/year

Specializations

Health Education Nursing Nutrition Social Work

Positions in This Family

What the Public Health Consultant family covers

Public Health Consultant covers 8 title codes arranged into 2 levels of responsibility. The family straddles jurisdictions: 7 state and 1 both state and local, so parts of it are hired by state departments and parts by local civil service employers.

The state is a direct care employer at scale, running psychiatric hospitals, developmental centers and veterans homes around the clock. That shapes the classifications: shift work, unusual work weeks and institution-specific variants are normal here rather than exceptional, and the same clinical title can exist several times over for different facilities. Professional licensure carries the qualification weight, so movement between the public and private sector is easier in this group than almost anywhere else in civil service. Counties run their own health departments and hire parallel titles under local jurisdiction.

The ladder, ordered by pay

The Public Health Consultant rungs, listed from the best paid down. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.

The distance from the bottom of Public Health Consultant 2 Health Education to the top of Public Health Consultant 1 Nursing is $58,614, an increase of about 77% 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.

Requirements across the family

Across the 8 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 7 of them and a bachelor's degree on 1 of them. Stated experience runs from 3 years at the lowest rung to 4 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.

2 of the 8 titles carry a license or certification requirement. On how the jobs are filled: 8 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.

Who actually employs these titles

24 people appear on the state payroll under 2 of these titles, at 2 agencies. Health and Senior Services alone accounts for about 96% of them.

  • Health and Senior Services — 23 employees
  • Human Services — 1 employee

Median actual pay varies across the family, from $90,890 for Public Health Consultant 2 Nursing up to $116,782 for Public Health Consultant 1 Nursing. 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

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

Other classifications built on the same terms as Public Health Consultant. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.

Families next to this one

New Jersey's classification plan links families by shared terminology and by the routes people actually take between them. These sit closest to Public Health Consultant.

Common questions about Public Health Consultant jobs

How many separate Public Health Consultant classifications does New Jersey have?

The Public Health Consultant family holds 8 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.

How much is a Public Health Consultant paid?

Published salary data for this family runs from $76,287 at the bottom of Public Health Consultant 2 Health Education to $134,900 at the top of Public Health Consultant 1 Nursing. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.

Is there a civil service test for Public Health Consultant?

Yes for most of the family. 8 of the 8 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.

What are the requirements to become a Public Health Consultant?

The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 7 of the 8 titles. Stated experience ranges from 3 to 4 years depending on the rung. 2 of the titles also require a license or certification. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.

Which agencies employ Public Health Consultant staff?

State payroll records show 24 people in this family across 2 agencies, with Health and Senior Services the largest at 23. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.

Is Public Health Consultant 1 higher or lower than Public Health Consultant 3?

In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.