Beachwood Borough
Municipality · Ocean County
65 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Beachwood Borough, reporting a median pensionable salary of $58,215.
As a municipality in Ocean County, Beachwood Borough falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 28 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Ocean County.
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.
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Who is on the pension rolls at Beachwood Borough
65 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Beachwood Borough. 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 | 45 | 69% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 20 | 31% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 20 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 Beachwood Borough actually appoints.
4 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 Beachwood Borough.
Pensionable salary at Beachwood Borough
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Beachwood Borough reports a pensionable salary above $58,215 and half below, across 65 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $35,356 |
| 25th percentile | $45,292 |
| Median | $58,215 |
| 75th percentile | $103,409 |
| 90th percentile | $128,526 |
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 23 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 13th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $67,000. Against the 194 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 Beachwood Borough
The median enrolled member at Beachwood Borough has 11.8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 3.8 and 19.8 years. 25% 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 | 17 | 26% |
| 5 to 10 years | 15 | 23% |
| 10 to 15 years | 8 | 12% |
| 15 to 20 years | 9 | 14% |
| 20 to 25 years | 10 | 15% |
| 25 years or more | 6 | 9% |
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 Beachwood Borough, 43% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 22 | 34% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 12 | 18% |
| Tier 4 | 2 | 3% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 28 | 43% |
Other public employers in Beachwood Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Beachwood Borough. 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 |
|---|---|
| BEACHWOOD BOROUGH (this page) | 65 |
| BEACHWOOD SEWERAGE AUTHORITY | 4 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Beachwood Borough
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.
When there is no eligible list for a title, an employer can fill the job provisionally. Provisional service is real work at real pay, but it builds no permanent rights, and the employer is supposed to request an examination so the position can be filled permanently. Anyone appointed provisionally who wants to keep the job needs to take that examination when it comes.
Civil service employers in Beachwood Borough
Beachwood Borough appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the borough government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Nothing else in Beachwood Borough appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Beachwood Borough that falls under Title 11A is a job with the borough 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 Ocean County
Ocean County holds 28 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 16 municipalities, 3 fire districts, 2 school districts, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 public library, and 1 mosquito extermination commission.
16 of the county's 33 municipalities are among them.
Ocean 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: Little Egg Harbor Township, Long Beach Township, Ocean County Board of Health, Ocean County Board of Social Services, Ocean County Library, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination, Point Pleasant Beach Borough, Point Pleasant Borough. See all 28 in Ocean County.
Common questions about Beachwood Borough
Is Beachwood Borough a civil service employer?
Yes. Beachwood Borough 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.
How do you find out when an examination is announced?
Announcements are published by the Civil Service Commission on their own schedule, each with a filing window that closes on a fixed date. Local employers do not always advertise separately, so watching the announcements directly is more reliable than watching a municipal website. Filing late is not curable, which makes the calendar the single most important part of the process.
How long does it take to get hired through this process?
Longer than an ordinary job application, and the timing is not in the hands of the employer. An announcement has to close, the examination has to be held and scored, the eligible list has to be promulgated, and only then can the employer request a certification. Several months between filing and an appointment is normal rather than a sign that something has gone wrong.
How many Beachwood Borough employees are in a State pension system?
65 active memberships are reported through Beachwood Borough, split across 45 in PERS and 20 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 Beachwood Borough?
$58,215, with the middle half of members between $45,292 and $103,409. 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 Beachwood Borough compare with the rest of Ocean County?
Its median pensionable salary of $58,215 sits at the 13th percentile among the 23 civil service jurisdictions in Ocean County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $67,000. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Beachwood Borough?
The median enrolled member has 11.8 years of credited service, and 25% 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.