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
- DENTAL HYGIENIST · 01053
- INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST · 05394
- CHIEF OF DENTAL SERVICES · 01074
- COORDINATOR OF DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES · 01358
- DENTAL AIDE · 01031
- DENTAL ASSISTANT · 01483
How to apply
This title is filled by competitive examination.
See every real route in, and where to apply. 2 agencies employ it. We don't track live vacancies.
See all 2 employers and how to apply →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 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
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.