Brick Township
Municipality · Ocean County
410 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Brick Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $89,128.
Brick Township, a municipality in Ocean County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Ocean County, 28 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
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 Brick Township
410 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Brick 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 | 271 | 66% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 139 | 34% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 139 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 Brick Township actually appoints.
3 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 Brick Township.
Pensionable salary at Brick Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Brick Township reports a pensionable salary above $89,128 and half below, across 410 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $43,669 |
| 25th percentile | $56,120 |
| Median | $89,128 |
| 75th percentile | $138,337 |
| 90th percentile | $175,570 |
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 91st percentile, above the county's midpoint of $67,000. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 88th 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 Brick Township
The median enrolled member at Brick Township has 11 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 5.4 and 19.6 years. 24% 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 | 95 | 23% |
| 5 to 10 years | 96 | 23% |
| 10 to 15 years | 71 | 17% |
| 15 to 20 years | 51 | 12% |
| 20 to 25 years | 43 | 10% |
| 25 years or more | 54 | 13% |
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 Brick Township, 41% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 117 | 29% |
| Tier 2 | 14 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 103 | 25% |
| Tier 4 | 8 | 2% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 168 | 41% |
Other public employers in Brick Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Brick 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 |
|---|---|
| BRICK TWP BD OF ED | 1,371 |
| BRICK TOWNSHIP (this page) | 410 |
| BRICK TWP MUN UTILITIES AUTH | 120 |
| BRICK TWP HOUSING AUTHORITY | 7 |
| BRICK TWP FIRE DISTRICT NO. 3 | 1 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Brick 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.
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.
Permanent employees carry layoff rights. In a layoff, rights are determined by permanent status and seniority within the affected unit, displacement into another title can be available, and laid-off employees go onto a special reemployment list that takes priority when the title is filled again. None of that applies to provisional or temporary service.
Civil service employers in Brick Township
Brick Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Two other Brick Township bodies hold civil service status separately from the township government, listed below. Each runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists, so Brick Township is really three employers rather than one.
- Brick Fire District (1), fire district
- Brick School District, school district
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: Lakewood Township, Lavallette, 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. See all 28 in Ocean County.
Common questions about Brick Township
Is Brick Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Brick 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 civil service status at Brick Township cover the rest of Brick Township?
No. Brick Township 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 the job specification the same everywhere?
Yes, and that is the point of the classification system. A title has one specification statewide, covering the definition of the work, the education and experience requirements, and any licence the title depends on. That is what makes experience gained at one civil service employer legible to another, even in a different county.
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 Brick Township employees are in a State pension system?
410 active memberships are reported through Brick Township, split across 271 in PERS and 139 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 Brick Township?
$89,128, with the middle half of members between $56,120 and $138,337. 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 Brick Township compare with the rest of Ocean County?
Its median pensionable salary of $89,128 sits at the 91st 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 Brick Township?
The median enrolled member has 11 years of credited service, and 24% 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.