Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority
Municipal Utilities Authority · Atlantic County
62 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority, reporting a median pensionable salary of $56,358.
Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority, a municipal utilities authority in Atlantic County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Atlantic County, 16 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
About municipal utilities authorities in New Jersey
A municipal utilities authority (MUA) runs water, sewer, or solid waste service for a town or region, funded by user fees rather than property taxes. MUAs are created under state law as independent authorities, so an MUA's civil service status is decided on its own, separately from the municipality it serves.
See all 16 civil service jurisdictions in Atlantic County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority
62 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority. 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 | 62 | 100% |
Pensionable salary at Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority reports a pensionable salary above $56,358 and half below, across 62 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $45,051 |
| 25th percentile | $51,356 |
| Median | $56,358 |
| 75th percentile | $68,906 |
| 90th percentile | $77,831 |
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 11 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 27th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $64,764. Against the 9 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 11th 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 Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority
The median enrolled member at Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority has 8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 1.6 and 17.2 years. 16% 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 | 24 | 39% |
| 5 to 10 years | 14 | 23% |
| 10 to 15 years | 7 | 11% |
| 15 to 20 years | 7 | 11% |
| 20 to 25 years | 8 | 13% |
| 25 years or more | 2 | 3% |
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 Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority, 66% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 13 | 21% |
| Tier 2 | 5 | 8% |
| Tier 3 | 2 | 3% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 2% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 41 | 66% |
Other public employers in Atlantic City
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Atlantic City. 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 |
|---|---|
| ATLANTIC COUNTY | 1,221 |
| ATLANTIC CITY BD OF ED | 1,057 |
| ATLANTIC CITY | 1,022 |
| ATLANTIC CO UTIL AUTHORITY | 274 |
| ATLANTIC COUNTY WELFARE BD | 192 |
| ATLANTIC CITY HOUSING AUTHORIT | 67 |
| ATLANTIC CITY MUN UTIL AUTH (this page) | 62 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority
A municipal utilities authority is funded by what it bills its ratepayers rather than by property taxes, and it is created as a separate public body with its own commissioners. That independence is why an MUA's civil service status is recorded separately from the municipality it serves.
Utility work is where licensing matters most. Treatment plant operator titles are tied to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection operator licences, and the licence class you hold generally determines which level of the series you can be appointed to. Around that licensed core sit repairers, meter technicians, sample collectors, inspectors and account searchers, which is where most people enter.
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.
Your title, not your assignment, defines what you are supposed to be doing. If the duties you actually perform drift outside the specification for the title you hold, that is a classification question rather than a management preference, and an employee can ask for the position to be reviewed and reclassified. It is one of the quieter protections in the system and one of the least used.
Civil service employers in Atlantic City
Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority serves Atlantic City, a city in Atlantic County, but it is in the listing as a municipal utilities authority on its own account rather than as part of the city government.
The Atlantic City government is listed too: Atlantic City. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
One further Atlantic City body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Atlantic City Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey municipal utilities authorities
Real classifications that New Jersey municipal utilities authorities 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.
- Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Senior Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Water Treatment Plant Superintendent
- Senior Sewage Plant Operator
- Sewage Plant Superintendent
- Water and Sewer Utilities Superintendent
- Water Repairer 1
- Sewer Repairer 2
- Water Meter Repairer
- Water Sample Collector
- Sewer Inspector
- Water and Sewer Account Searcher
Civil service coverage across Atlantic County
Atlantic County holds 16 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 8 municipalities, 3 municipal departments, 2 public libraries, 2 municipal utilities authorities, and 1 county government.
8 of the county's 23 municipalities are among them.
Atlantic 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: Margate Public Works, Margate Revenue and Finance, Pleasantville, Somers Point, Ventnor City, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Library, Buena Borough. See all 16 in Atlantic County.
Common questions about Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority
Is Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority a civil service employer?
Yes. Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority 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 civil service status at Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority cover the rest of Atlantic City?
No. Atlantic City has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
Is there always a written test?
No. New Jersey runs both assembled examinations, where candidates are scheduled to sit a test, and unassembled ones, where a reviewer scores your education and experience against the requirements in the specification and there is no test day at all. The announcement says which kind it is. For an unassembled examination the application itself is the examination, so how fully you describe your experience is the score.
Can you challenge an examination result?
Yes. Eligibility determinations, examination scoring and list placement can be appealed to the Civil Service Commission, and there are filing deadlines measured from the date of the notice rather than from when you happen to see it. The appeal route is the reason the notices matter: missing the window generally forecloses the argument.
How many Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority employees are in a State pension system?
62 active memberships are reported through Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority, split across 62 in PERS. 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 Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority?
$56,358, with the middle half of members between $51,356 and $68,906. 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 Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority compare with the rest of Atlantic County?
Its median pensionable salary of $56,358 sits at the 27th percentile among the 11 civil service jurisdictions in Atlantic County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $64,764. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority?
The median enrolled member has 8 years of credited service, and 16% 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.