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DENTAL HYGIENIST (Competitive)

Provides preventive dental care in a public clinic, institution or school programme — cleaning, screening, and the education that goes with it.

New Jersey licenses dental hygienists through the State Board of Dentistry, and that licence is the qualification.

What the official title list records

  • Class of service: Competitive
  • Work week: 40
  • Salary code: H15

Related titles that do have a published specification

Code: 01034 State Competitive Range: H15 (FY 2027) Work week 40: FLSA coveredOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)
Salary: $50,430.7 - $73,087.6/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

How to apply

This title is filled by competitive examination.

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Who employs this title

Dental Hygienist appears on the State payroll at 2 departments, most of them at Department of Human Services.

State departments

Employer Employees
Department of Human Services 6
Department of Health 1

All agencies.

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Who employs this title

State payroll records show 7 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $79,471. The agencies employing the most are:

  • Human Services (6)
  • Health and Senior Services (1)

Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator.

Definition

The Civil Service Commission lists this title code but publishes no job specification for it. The classification shown here comes from the official title list, which is the only record CSC publishes for this code.