Gloucester County
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930 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Gloucester County, reporting a median pensionable salary of $73,125.
Gloucester County is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a county government in Gloucester County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Gloucester County has 10 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 10 civil service jurisdictions in Gloucester County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Gloucester County
930 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Gloucester 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 | 792 | 85% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 138 | 15% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 137 police officers and 1 firefighter. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Gloucester County actually appoints.
10 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 Gloucester County.
Pensionable salary at Gloucester County
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Gloucester County reports a pensionable salary above $73,125 and half below, across 930 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $46,158 |
| 25th percentile | $59,243 |
| Median | $73,125 |
| 75th percentile | $95,495 |
| 90th percentile | $121,771 |
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 6 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 67th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $70,419. Against the 20 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 90th 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 Gloucester County
The median enrolled member at Gloucester County has 12.2 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 5.7 and 20.7 years. 28% 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 | 222 | 24% |
| 5 to 10 years | 153 | 16% |
| 10 to 15 years | 132 | 14% |
| 15 to 20 years | 158 | 17% |
| 20 to 25 years | 179 | 19% |
| 25 years or more | 86 | 9% |
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 Gloucester County, 48% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 331 | 36% |
| Tier 2 | 62 | 7% |
| Tier 3 | 82 | 9% |
| Tier 4 | 5 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 450 | 48% |
What civil service status means for jobs at Gloucester 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.
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.
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.
Countywide civil service employers in Gloucester County
Gloucester 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.
One other countywide body in Gloucester County is in the listing as well. They are separate employers with separate hiring, and a candidate list certified to one is not certified to another.
- Gloucester 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 Gloucester County
Gloucester County holds 10 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 3 public libraries, 2 municipalities, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 county government, 1 fire district, and 1 housing authority.
2 of the county's 24 municipalities are among them.
Also in the directory: Monroe Township, Monroe Township Library, Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority, Deptford Fire District (1), Deptford Library, Deptford Municipal Utilities Authority, Deptford Township, Glassboro Housing Authority. See all 10 in Gloucester County.
Common questions about Gloucester County
Is Gloucester County a civil service employer?
Yes. Gloucester 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.
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.
Is the job specification the same everywhere?
Yes, and that is the point of the classification system. A title has one specification statewide, covering the definition of the work, the education and experience requirements, and any licence the title depends on. That is what makes experience gained at one civil service employer legible to another, even in a different county.
How many Gloucester County employees are in a State pension system?
930 active memberships are reported through Gloucester County, split across 792 in PERS and 138 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 Gloucester County?
$73,125, with the middle half of members between $59,243 and $95,495. 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 Gloucester County compare with the rest of Gloucester County?
Its median pensionable salary of $73,125 sits at the 67th percentile among the 6 civil service jurisdictions in Gloucester County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $70,419. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Gloucester County?
The median enrolled member has 12.2 years of credited service, and 28% 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.