CHEMIST TRAINEE (State)
The entry rung of the State's chemist series. Trainees work under experienced chemists in a public laboratory — environmental samples, public health specimens, consumer product testing — and advance to the full title on completing the training period.
This is a competitive title, so an examination does apply to it. The specification simply is not published at this code; the chemist titles above it are, and they describe the same laboratory work at full working level.
What the official title list records
- Class of service: Competitive
- Work week: 40
- Salary code: P95 — A 9x code is a special or flat rate set outside the step schedules, so no range is published.
Related titles that do have a published specification
- CHEMIST TRAINEE · 01550
- ASSISTANT CHEMIST · 05031
- CHEMIST 1 · 01552
- CHEMIST 2 · 01553
- CHEMIST 3 · 01554
- CHEMIST 4 · 01555
Exam status, as of October 24, 2026. We have seen no examination announcement for this title since we began reading the Commission's lists on September 21, 2026. Exam schedule
How to apply
This title is filled by competitive examination.
See every real route in, and where to apply. One agency employs it. We don't track live vacancies.
See where to apply for this title →Who employs this title
Chemist Trainee appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Health.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| 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 1 person working under this title. The median actual salary is $53,807. The agencies employing the most are:
- 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.