Cinnaminson Township
Municipality · Burlington County
67 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Cinnaminson Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $74,750.
Cinnaminson Township, a municipality in Burlington County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Burlington County, 35 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 Cinnaminson Township
67 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Cinnaminson 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 | 37 | 55% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 30 | 45% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 30 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 Cinnaminson Township 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 Cinnaminson Township.
Pensionable salary at Cinnaminson Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Cinnaminson Township reports a pensionable salary above $74,750 and half below, across 67 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $23,673 |
| 25th percentile | $55,938 |
| Median | $74,750 |
| 75th percentile | $87,500 |
| 90th percentile | $125,855 |
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 69th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $69,265. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 54th 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 Cinnaminson Township
The median enrolled member at Cinnaminson Township has 10 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.2 and 18.6 years. 19% 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 | 20 | 30% |
| 5 to 10 years | 13 | 19% |
| 10 to 15 years | 11 | 16% |
| 15 to 20 years | 10 | 15% |
| 20 to 25 years | 3 | 4% |
| 25 years or more | 10 | 15% |
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 Cinnaminson Township, 30% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 18 | 27% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 3 | 27 | 40% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 20 | 30% |
Other public employers in Cinnaminson Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Cinnaminson 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 |
|---|---|
| CINNAMINSON TWP BD OF ED | 496 |
| CINNAMINSON TOWNSHIP (this page) | 67 |
| CINNAMINSON TWP FIRE DIST 1 | 22 |
| CINNAMINSON SEWERAGE AUTHORITY | 15 |
| CINNAMINSON TWP FIRE DIST #1 | 1 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Cinnaminson 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.
New Jersey does not require an employer to hire whoever scored highest. When a list is certified, the appointing authority may choose among the top three interested candidates, which is why a rank of two or three on a list is still a serious position and why interviews still decide outcomes.
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 Cinnaminson Township
Cinnaminson Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Cinnaminson Township body is listed separately: Cinnaminson Fire District (1), a fire district. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the township, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Cinnaminson Fire District (1), fire 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 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.
Burlington 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: Burlington City Housing Authority, Burlington County Board of Social Services, Burlington County Library, Burlington Township, Burlington Township Fire District (1), Cinnaminson Fire District (1), Delanco Township, Delran Fire District (1). See all 35 in Burlington County.
Common questions about Cinnaminson Township
Is Cinnaminson Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Cinnaminson 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 Cinnaminson Township cover the rest of Cinnaminson Township?
No. Cinnaminson 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.
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.
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.
How many Cinnaminson Township employees are in a State pension system?
67 active memberships are reported through Cinnaminson Township, split across 37 in PERS and 30 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 Cinnaminson Township?
$74,750, with the middle half of members between $55,938 and $87,500. 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 Cinnaminson Township compare with the rest of Burlington County?
Its median pensionable salary of $74,750 sits at the 69th 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 Cinnaminson Township?
The median enrolled member has 10 years of credited service, and 19% 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.