Elizabeth Housing Authority
Housing Authority · Union County
65 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Elizabeth Housing Authority, reporting a median pensionable salary of $50,864.
Elizabeth Housing Authority is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a housing authority in Union County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Union County has 23 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About housing authorities in New Jersey
A housing authority manages public and subsidized housing for a municipality or county, and it operates with its own board, budget, and staff, independent of the town government. Like libraries, that independence means a housing authority can be a civil service jurisdiction even when its home municipality is not, or vice versa.
See all 23 civil service jurisdictions in Union County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Elizabeth Housing Authority
65 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Elizabeth Housing Authority. 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 | 65 | 100% |
Pensionable salary at Elizabeth Housing Authority
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Elizabeth Housing Authority reports a pensionable salary above $50,864 and half below, across 65 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $27,302 |
| 25th percentile | $40,019 |
| Median | $50,864 |
| 75th percentile | $67,199 |
| 90th percentile | $82,657 |
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 18 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 11th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $72,942. Against the 16 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 50th 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 Elizabeth Housing Authority
The median enrolled member at Elizabeth Housing Authority has 6.4 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 1.8 and 16.2 years. 22% 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 | 30 | 46% |
| 5 to 10 years | 10 | 15% |
| 10 to 15 years | 7 | 11% |
| 15 to 20 years | 4 | 6% |
| 20 to 25 years | 5 | 8% |
| 25 years or more | 9 | 14% |
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 Elizabeth Housing Authority, 71% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 14 | 22% |
| Tier 2 | 2 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 2 | 3% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 2% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 46 | 71% |
Other public employers in Elizabeth
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Elizabeth. 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 |
|---|---|
| ELIZABETH BD OF ED | 4,119 |
| ELIZABETH CITY | 1,239 |
| ELIZABETH CITY HOUSING AUTH (this page) | 65 |
| ELIZABETH PUBLIC LIBRARY | 36 |
| ELIZABETH CITY PARKING AUTH | 16 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Elizabeth Housing Authority
A housing authority runs public and subsidized housing for its community with its own board of commissioners, its own budget, and staff who are not municipal employees. Its civil service status is decided on its own account, which is why an authority can appear in the Commission's listing when the town around it does not.
The staffing splits three ways. Management titles run the developments and the leasing operation. Housing assistance technicians handle eligibility, recertification and rent calculation for the voucher programs. Inspection titles cover unit condition and code compliance. Maintenance work is usually filled through the general trades and labor titles rather than housing-specific ones.
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.
Admission to an examination is decided on paper before anyone sits down to take it. The requirements printed in the specification are checked against what you wrote on the application, so experience you did not describe is experience that does not count. Vague employment history is the most common reason a qualified applicant never reaches the list.
Civil service employers in Elizabeth
Elizabeth Housing Authority serves Elizabeth City, a city in Union County, but it is in the listing as a housing authority on its own account rather than as part of the city government.
The Elizabeth government is listed too: Elizabeth. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
One further Elizabeth body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Elizabeth Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey housing authorities
Real classifications that New Jersey housing authorities 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 Union County
Union County holds 23 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 9 public libraries, 9 municipalities, 2 boards of health, 2 housing authorities, and 1 county government.
9 of the county's 21 municipalities are among them.
Union 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: Scotch Plains, Scotch Plains Library, Union Township, Union Township Board of Health, Union Township Library, Clark Library, Clark Township, Elizabeth. See all 23 in Union County.
Common questions about Elizabeth Housing Authority
Is Elizabeth Housing Authority a civil service employer?
Yes. Elizabeth Housing Authority 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 Elizabeth Housing Authority cover the rest of Elizabeth?
No. Elizabeth 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.
Do you have to live in New Jersey to work here?
Generally yes. The New Jersey First Act requires public employees hired after September 1, 2011 to live in the state, with a grace period for new hires to relocate and a narrow exemption process. Separately, individual examination announcements sometimes carry a local residency preference, which affects the order of the list rather than eligibility.
Does permanent status transfer to another civil service employer?
Not automatically. Permanent status belongs to a title at a particular appointing authority, so moving to another jurisdiction usually means a new appointment and a new working test period. Intergovernmental transfers between civil service employers are possible in the same or a comparable title, but they need agreement on both sides rather than being a right you can exercise.
How many Elizabeth Housing Authority employees are in a State pension system?
65 active memberships are reported through Elizabeth Housing Authority, split across 65 in PERS. 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 Elizabeth Housing Authority?
$50,864, with the middle half of members between $40,019 and $67,199. 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 Elizabeth Housing Authority compare with the rest of Union County?
Its median pensionable salary of $50,864 sits at the 11th percentile among the 18 civil service jurisdictions in Union County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $72,942. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Elizabeth Housing Authority?
The median enrolled member has 6.4 years of credited service, and 22% 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.