Genetic Counselor Salary in New Jersey

How much does a Genetic Counselor make in NJ?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Genetic Counselor in New Jersey is $95,498. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $78,034 to a high of $116,290, with most professionals earning between $86,357 and $106,381.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Bayonne, NJ	Avg. Salary $99,771	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Bergenfield, NJ	Avg. Salary $100,564	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Bloomfield, NJ	Avg. Salary $100,652	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location East Brunswick, NJ	Avg. Salary $99,304	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Hoboken, NJ	Avg. Salary $102,105	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Irvington, NJ	Avg. Salary $99,771	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Lakewood, NJ	Avg. Salary $98,000	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Middlesex, NJ	Avg. Salary $99,066	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Passaic, NJ	Avg. Salary $100,652	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Union, NJ	Avg. Salary $99,771	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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What does a Genetic Counselor do?

Common responsibilities of a Genetic Counselor

Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and works under minimal supervision.

December 15, 2022

Maintains patients' files and records, such as number of patients counseled and types of referrals, according to departmental and laboratory standards.

December 22, 2022

Demonstrated clinical, counseling, interpersonal, analytical, communication, presentation, and instructional skills.

December 26, 2022

Participate in the training of genetic counseling students through the Northwestern University Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling.

January 07, 2023

Obtain informed consent to participate in NIDCD genetic research protocols, including whole-exome and whole-genome sequencing.

January 17, 2023

Participates in prenatal diagnosis clinics by reviewing charts, providing genetic counseling to prenatal patients for a wide range of indications, developing comprehensive plan of care for high-risk pregnancies with the Maternal-Fetal-Medicine physicians, providing emotional support to patients, coordinating genetic/follow-up testing and referrals to other specialists, completing documentation of the patient visit including summary letters to patients and referring physicians in a timely manner, assisting with specialty prenatal diagnosis clinics as assigned .

March 15, 2023

Provides counseling for patients and their families around prenatal genetic issues (including advanced maternal age, prior infant/pregnancy with a genetic syndrome or birth defect, carrier screening, aneuploidy screening, ultrasound findings, diagnostic testing, family history of birth defect or genetic condition, and consanguinity).

March 25, 2023

Develops curricula and conducts lectures, small group discussions, and individual instruction for nursing, laboratory, and medical staff in all primary care and specialty areas.

April 06, 2023

Reviews patient chart and evaluates family history through investigation of outside records, examination of affected individuals, or family testing of chromosome analysis, DNA studies, metabolic screening, etc.

April 18, 2023

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About New Jersey

New Jersey is bordered on the north and northeast by New York (parts of which are across the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, the Kill Van Kull, Newark Bay, and the Arthur Kill); on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the southwest by Delaware across Delaware Bay; and on the west by Pennsylvania across the Delaware River. New Jersey is often broadly divided into three geographic regions: North Jersey, Central Jersey, and South Jersey. Some New Jersey residents do not consider Central Jersey a region in its own right, but others believe it is a separate geographic and cultural area from the Nor...

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