Andover Township
Municipality · Sussex County
38 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Andover Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $75,590.
Andover Township is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality in Sussex County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Sussex County has 17 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About municipalities in New Jersey
New Jersey has 564 municipalities, and each one decides for itself whether to operate under Title 11A. A municipality that adopts civil service hires and promotes employees through competitive exams administered by the state; one that hasn't sets its own local hiring rules instead.
Andover Township Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
See all 17 civil service jurisdictions in Sussex County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Andover Township
38 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Andover Township. That is a count of active memberships reported by the employer, not a payroll headcount: anyone not enrolled in one of these funds does not appear in this data at all, and no separate headcount for a New Jersey local employer is published anywhere we can check against.
| Fund | Name | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 25 | 66% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 13 | 34% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 13 police officers. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Andover Township actually appoints.
2 of these members hold a second public job in New Jersey: their reported salary across all public employers exceeds what they are paid here. Shared and part-time appointments are common in local government, and the salary figures below count only the portion earned at Andover Township.
Pensionable salary at Andover Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Andover Township reports a pensionable salary above $75,590 and half below, across 38 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $53,134 |
| 25th percentile | $69,077 |
| Median | $75,590 |
| 75th percentile | $121,139 |
| 90th percentile | $141,904 |
The range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile because the extremes are not informative: the lowest reported figures belong to part-time and partial-year members, whose credited salary is a fraction of a full-time equivalent.
Among the 13 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 92nd percentile, above the county's midpoint of $63,156. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 58th percentile.
These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. Snapshot of March 31, 2026. How we compile this.
How long people stay at Andover Township
The median enrolled member at Andover Township has 14.4 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 5.3 and 23.5 years. 45% have passed twenty years, which matters locally because retirement eligibility and the pension formula both turn on service credit.
| Credited service | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | 10 | 26% |
| 5 to 10 years | 3 | 8% |
| 10 to 15 years | 6 | 16% |
| 15 to 20 years | 2 | 5% |
| 20 to 25 years | 9 | 24% |
| 25 years or more | 8 | 21% |
Membership tier records which pension rules a member was hired under, so the mix is a rough picture of how recently a workforce turned over. At Andover Township, 34% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 17 | 45% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 7 | 18% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 13 | 34% |
Other public employers in Andover Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Andover Township. Each is its own employer for pension purposes, and only some are civil service jurisdictions — school boards, charter schools and parking authorities are ordinary public employers that were never part of Title 11A. Names link only where the body appears in this directory.
| Employer | Enrolled members |
|---|---|
| ANDOVER TOWNSHIP (this page) | 38 |
| ANDOVER BOROUGH | 1 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Andover Township
In a municipality that operates under Title 11A, the mayor, administrator or governing body still decides which positions exist and who gets appointed to them. What changes is the route in. Most permanent positions have to be filled from a list of candidates who took and passed an open competitive examination.
That flips the usual job hunt around. For a competitive title you announce yourself by filing for the exam when it is posted, not by dropping a resume at the municipal building. Municipal employers also run the widest mix of titles in this directory: police and fire, public works and sanitation, code enforcement and construction inspection, tax collection, clerical support, recreation, and dispatch.
Passing an examination puts you on an eligible list, not into a job. Lists are promulgated for a fixed life, commonly three years, and the Commission certifies names from the live list whenever an employer reports a vacancy. If no list exists for a title when a vacancy opens, the employer has to ask for an examination to be held.
Promotional examinations are closed. They are open to employees already serving in the unit, scored on a combination of the examination and seniority, and they are how most supervisory positions in local government get filled. It is the main reason entry-level appointments matter so much: they are the door to the ladder above them.
Civil service employers in Andover Township
Andover Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Nothing else in Andover Township appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Andover Township that falls under Title 11A is a job with the township government itself.
Civil service titles used by New Jersey municipalities
Real classifications that New Jersey municipalities draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.
Civil service coverage across Sussex County
Sussex County holds 17 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 12 municipalities, 3 boards of health, 1 county government, and 1 public library.
12 of the county's 24 municipalities are among them.
Sussex County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.
Also in the directory: Hopatcong, Newton, Ogdensburg Borough, Sparta Library, Sparta Township, Stanhope Borough, Stillwater Township, Vernon Township. See all 17 in Sussex County.
Common questions about Andover Township
Is Andover Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Andover Township appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.
Does the state salary schedule apply to local jobs?
No. The salary schedules in the Compensation Compendium cover state employees. A local employer sets its own pay through ordinance and its own collective bargaining, so two towns using the identical civil service title can pay very differently. The title specification is statewide; the money attached to it is local.
Does the Civil Service Commission decide who gets hired?
No. The Commission runs the examination, ranks the candidates and certifies the list. The employer is the appointing authority: it decides whether to fill the position at all and which of the reachable candidates to appoint. That division is why a high score improves your odds without guaranteeing anything.
How many Andover Township employees are in a State pension system?
38 active memberships are reported through Andover Township, split across 25 in PERS and 13 in PFRS. This counts pension enrolment rather than payroll, so employees who are not in one of these funds are not included.
What is the median pensionable salary at Andover Township?
$75,590, with the middle half of members between $69,077 and $121,139. These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. It excludes overtime and most supplemental pay, and it is before tax, before the member's own pension contribution and before health premiums.
How does pay at Andover Township compare with the rest of Sussex County?
Its median pensionable salary of $75,590 sits at the 92nd percentile among the 13 civil service jurisdictions in Sussex County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $63,156. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Andover Township?
The median enrolled member has 14.4 years of credited service, and 45% have passed twenty years. Credited service drives both retirement eligibility and the pension formula, so a long-tenured workforce usually means fewer open competitive appointments in the near term.