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Animal Caretaker
Veterans Health Administration
Posted 6 days ago Last checked by Jobs.best today
Apply on Veterans Health Administration’s website Workplace On-site
Employment Full-time
Location East Orange, NJ
Salary $25.22–$29.44/hr
Career field Personal care
Matched occupation Animal Caretakers
Posted Oct 28, 2026
Source USAJobs (federal)
About this role
The Animal Caretaker position is located in the VA New Jersey Medical Center, East Orange Research Service Veterinary Medical Unit. The incumbent provides manual labor in the Animal Research Facility to provide and maintain animal care of rodents and their living environments, which includes monitoring animal health and conducting basic interventions, monitoring and providing daily nutrition and enrichment, ensuring animal housing cleanliness etc.
Role content above is provided by Veterans Health Administration via USAJobs (federal). Applying continues on the employer’s own website.
Career context
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Matched career Animal Caretakers
Personal care $35,360US median annual pay
+12.1%Projected growth · much faster than average
74,600Annual openings
266,910Currently employed
The employer range is about 61% above the $17.00/hr national median for the matched occupation.
Career statistics describe the occupation nationally and are not the salary or forecast for this specific job.
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