East Rutherford Borough
Municipality · Bergen County
100 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through East Rutherford Borough, reporting a median pensionable salary of $80,656.
As a municipality in Bergen County, East Rutherford 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 50 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Bergen 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 East Rutherford Borough
100 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through East Rutherford 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 | 59 | 59% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 41 | 41% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 41 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 East Rutherford Borough 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 East Rutherford Borough.
Pensionable salary at East Rutherford Borough
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at East Rutherford Borough reports a pensionable salary above $80,656 and half below, across 100 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $39,725 |
| 25th percentile | $58,365 |
| Median | $80,656 |
| 75th percentile | $177,850 |
| 90th percentile | $205,890 |
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 25 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 56th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $80,210. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 70th 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 East Rutherford Borough
The median enrolled member at East Rutherford Borough has 17.1 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 7.3 and 23.1 years. 39% 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 | 19 | 19% |
| 5 to 10 years | 14 | 14% |
| 10 to 15 years | 14 | 14% |
| 15 to 20 years | 14 | 14% |
| 20 to 25 years | 18 | 18% |
| 25 years or more | 21 | 21% |
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 East Rutherford Borough, 29% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 50 | 50% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 3 | 19 | 19% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 29 | 29% |
Other public employers in East Rutherford Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in East Rutherford 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 |
|---|---|
| EAST RUTHERFORD BORO BD OF ED | 135 |
| EAST RUTHERFORD BOROUGH (this page) | 100 |
What civil service status means for jobs at East Rutherford 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.
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.
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 East Rutherford Borough
East Rutherford 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 East Rutherford Borough body is listed separately: East Rutherford Library, a public library. 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.
- East Rutherford Library, public library
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 Bergen County
Bergen County holds 50 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 21 municipalities, 20 public libraries, 4 boards of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 housing authority, 1 school district, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
21 of the county's 70 municipalities are among them.
Bergen 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: Waldwick Library, Wallington Borough, Wallington JFK Memorial Library, Wood-Ridge Borough, Wood-Ridge Library, Bergen County Board of Social Services, Bergen County Utilities Authority, Bergenfield Board of Health. See all 50 in Bergen County.
Common questions about East Rutherford Borough
Is East Rutherford Borough a civil service employer?
Yes. East Rutherford 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 East Rutherford Borough cover the rest of East Rutherford Borough?
No. East Rutherford 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.
Can you challenge an examination result?
Yes. Eligibility determinations, examination scoring and list placement can be appealed to the Civil Service Commission, and there are filing deadlines measured from the date of the notice rather than from when you happen to see it. The appeal route is the reason the notices matter: missing the window generally forecloses the argument.
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 East Rutherford Borough employees are in a State pension system?
100 active memberships are reported through East Rutherford Borough, split across 59 in PERS and 41 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 East Rutherford Borough?
$80,656, with the middle half of members between $58,365 and $177,850. 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 East Rutherford Borough compare with the rest of Bergen County?
Its median pensionable salary of $80,656 sits at the 56th percentile among the 25 civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $80,210. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at East Rutherford Borough?
The median enrolled member has 17.1 years of credited service, and 39% 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.