Franklin Township
Municipality · Warren County
5 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Franklin Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $51,500.
Franklin Township is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality in Warren County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Warren County has 16 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
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.
See all 16 civil service jurisdictions in Warren County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Franklin Township
5 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Franklin 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 | 5 | 100% |
Pensionable salary at Franklin Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Franklin Township reports a pensionable salary above $51,500 and half below, across 5 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $32,691 |
| 25th percentile | $42,986 |
| Median | $51,500 |
| 75th percentile | $81,988 |
| 90th percentile | $84,976 |
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 14 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 14th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $66,531. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 3rd 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 Franklin Township
The median enrolled member at Franklin Township has 14.9 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 1.7 and 26.8 years. 40% 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 | 2 | 40% |
| 10 to 15 years | 1 | 20% |
| 25 years or more | 2 | 40% |
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 Franklin Township, 40% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 2 | 40% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 20% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 2 | 40% |
Other public employers in Franklin Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Franklin 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 |
|---|---|
| FRANKLIN TWP BD OF ED (WARREN) | 49 |
| FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (WARREN) (this page) | 5 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Franklin 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.
Passing an examination puts you on an eligible list, not into a job. Lists are promulgated for a fixed life, commonly three years, and the Commission certifies names from the live list whenever an employer reports a vacancy. If no list exists for a title when a vacancy opens, the employer has to ask for an examination to be held.
A permanent appointment starts with a working test period. You hold the title, you draw the salary, and you can still be released for unsatisfactory performance without the full removal process. Permanent status, and the job protection that comes with it, begins only once that period is completed satisfactorily.
Civil service employers in Franklin Township
Franklin Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Nothing else in Franklin Township appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Franklin Township that falls under Title 11A is a job with the township government itself.
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 Warren County
Warren County holds 16 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 12 municipalities, 1 county government, 1 public library, 1 mosquito extermination commission, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
12 of the county's 22 municipalities are among them.
Warren 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: Hackettstown Municipal Utilities Authority, Harmony Township, Independence Township, Liberty Township, Lopatcong, Phillipsburg, Phillipsburg Library, Pohatcong Township. See all 16 in Warren County.
Common questions about Franklin Township
Is Franklin Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Franklin 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 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.
Does the Civil Service Commission decide who gets hired?
No. The Commission runs the examination, ranks the candidates and certifies the list. The employer is the appointing authority: it decides whether to fill the position at all and which of the reachable candidates to appoint. That division is why a high score improves your odds without guaranteeing anything.
How many Franklin Township employees are in a State pension system?
5 active memberships are reported through Franklin Township, split across 5 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 Franklin Township?
$51,500, with the middle half of members between $42,986 and $81,988. 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 Franklin Township compare with the rest of Warren County?
Its median pensionable salary of $51,500 sits at the 14th percentile among the 14 civil service jurisdictions in Warren County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $66,531. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Franklin Township?
The median enrolled member has 14.9 years of credited service, and 40% 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.