Burlington County
County Government · Burlington County
1,159 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Burlington County, reporting a median pensionable salary of $55,863.
Burlington County is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a county government in Burlington County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Burlington County has 35 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About county governments in New Jersey
New Jersey's 21 counties run services that cross municipal lines: courts, county roads, parks, corrections, and often social services. A county's civil service status covers its own direct employees; the municipalities inside it each make their own separate decision about whether to join the system.
See all 35 civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Burlington County
1,159 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Burlington County. 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 | 933 | 81% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 226 | 19% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 226 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 Burlington County actually appoints.
15 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 Burlington County.
Pensionable salary at Burlington County
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Burlington County reports a pensionable salary above $55,863 and half below, across 1,159 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $34,531 |
| 25th percentile | $45,624 |
| Median | $55,863 |
| 75th percentile | $70,793 |
| 90th percentile | $99,667 |
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 26 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 8th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $69,265. Against the 20 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 25th 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 Burlington County
The median enrolled member at Burlington County has 8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 3 and 20.7 years. 27% 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 | 434 | 37% |
| 5 to 10 years | 217 | 19% |
| 10 to 15 years | 79 | 7% |
| 15 to 20 years | 113 | 10% |
| 20 to 25 years | 171 | 15% |
| 25 years or more | 145 | 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 Burlington County, 51% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 386 | 33% |
| Tier 2 | 32 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 144 | 12% |
| Tier 4 | 8 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 589 | 51% |
What civil service status means for jobs at Burlington County
A county government is among the largest employers in this directory, and its civil service status reaches across the county jail, the road and bridge crews, the parks system, the clerk and surrogate offices, and in most counties a share of health and human services staff.
Several county titles have no municipal equivalent at all. County correctional police officer is the clearest case: its own entry examination, its own academy requirement, and its own closed promotional ladder up through sergeant, lieutenant and captain. A county's status also stops at its own payroll, which is why a county can operate under Title 11A while most towns inside it do not.
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.
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.
Countywide civil service employers in Burlington County
Burlington County is the county government itself, so its civil service status covers county employees rather than anyone working for a town inside the county. Municipalities, libraries, authorities and districts each decide separately, and most of the county's towns are not in the listing at all.
Two other countywide bodies in Burlington County are in the listing as well. They are separate employers with separate hiring, and a candidate list certified to one is not certified to another.
- Burlington County Board of Social Services, board of social services
- Burlington County Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey county governments
Real classifications that New Jersey county governments 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 Burlington County
Burlington County holds 35 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 17 municipalities, 9 fire districts, 4 public libraries, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, and 1 housing authority.
17 of the county's 40 municipalities are among them.
Also in the directory: Delran Township, Edgewater Park Fire District (1), Edgewater Park Township, Florence Fire District (1), Florence Township, Maple Shade, Moorestown Fire Districts (2), Moorestown Library. See all 35 in Burlington County.
Common questions about Burlington County
Is Burlington County a civil service employer?
Yes. Burlington County 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.
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.
How many Burlington County employees are in a State pension system?
1,159 active memberships are reported through Burlington County, split across 933 in PERS and 226 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 Burlington County?
$55,863, with the middle half of members between $45,624 and $70,793. 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 Burlington County compare with the rest of Burlington County?
Its median pensionable salary of $55,863 sits at the 8th percentile among the 26 civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $69,265. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Burlington County?
The median enrolled member has 8 years of credited service, and 27% 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.