Belmar Borough
Municipality · Monmouth County
80 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Belmar Borough, reporting a median pensionable salary of $75,551.
As a municipality in Monmouth County, Belmar 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 25 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth 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.
Belmar Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
See all 25 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Belmar Borough
80 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Belmar 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 | 55 | 69% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 25 | 31% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 25 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 Belmar Borough 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 Belmar Borough.
Pensionable salary at Belmar Borough
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Belmar Borough reports a pensionable salary above $75,551 and half below, across 80 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $49,886 |
| 25th percentile | $62,406 |
| Median | $75,551 |
| 75th percentile | $114,150 |
| 90th percentile | $135,799 |
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 21 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 57th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $73,546. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 57th 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 Belmar Borough
The median enrolled member at Belmar Borough has 8.9 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.6 and 14.7 years. 18% 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 | 26 | 33% |
| 5 to 10 years | 17 | 21% |
| 10 to 15 years | 17 | 21% |
| 15 to 20 years | 6 | 8% |
| 20 to 25 years | 9 | 11% |
| 25 years or more | 5 | 6% |
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 Belmar Borough, 54% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 18 | 23% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 3 | 18 | 23% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 43 | 54% |
Other public employers in Belmar Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Belmar 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 |
|---|---|
| BELMAR BORO BD OF ED | 88 |
| BELMAR BOROUGH (this page) | 80 |
| BELMAR HOUSING AUTHORITY | 1 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Belmar 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.
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.
Not every position at a civil service employer is competitive. The classified service is divided into competitive, noncompetitive and labor titles, and above that sits the unclassified service, which covers department heads, confidential aides and similar positions filled without an examination. Which division a title sits in decides how you get it, so read the specification before assuming there is an exam.
Civil service employers in Belmar Borough
Belmar Borough appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the borough government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Belmar Borough body is listed separately: Belmar Housing Authority, a housing authority. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the borough, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Belmar Housing Authority, housing authority
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 Monmouth County
Monmouth County holds 25 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 16 municipalities, 4 fire districts, 2 housing authorities, 1 county government, 1 public library, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
16 of the county's 53 municipalities are among them.
Monmouth 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: Marlboro Township, Middletown Township, Middletown Township Library, Red Bank Housing Authority, Union Beach, Aberdeen Fire Districts (2), Aberdeen Township, Asbury Park City. See all 25 in Monmouth County.
Common questions about Belmar Borough
Is Belmar Borough a civil service employer?
Yes. Belmar 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.
Does civil service status at Belmar Borough cover the rest of Belmar Borough?
No. Belmar Borough 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.
Are there jobs here that never go through an examination?
Yes. Unclassified positions, which typically include department heads and confidential staff, are filled at the discretion of the appointing authority. Noncompetitive and labor titles inside the classified service are also filled without a competitive examination, though they still sit under civil service rules for things like layoff rights.
Do veterans get a preference on these lists?
Yes, and in New Jersey it is unusually strong. On an open competitive list, disabled veterans who pass are ranked ahead of all other candidates, and other veterans who pass are ranked ahead of non-veterans, regardless of score. Preference has to be claimed and verified in advance, and it does not carry over to promotional examinations.
How many Belmar Borough employees are in a State pension system?
80 active memberships are reported through Belmar Borough, split across 55 in PERS and 25 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 Belmar Borough?
$75,551, with the middle half of members between $62,406 and $114,150. 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 Belmar Borough compare with the rest of Monmouth County?
Its median pensionable salary of $75,551 sits at the 57th percentile among the 21 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $73,546. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Belmar Borough?
The median enrolled member has 8.9 years of credited service, and 18% 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.