Gloucester Township
Municipality · Camden County
326 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Gloucester Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $82,343.
Gloucester Township is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality in Camden County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Camden County has 30 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.
Gloucester Township Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
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Who is on the pension rolls at Gloucester Township
326 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Gloucester 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 | 199 | 61% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 127 | 39% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 127 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 Gloucester Township actually appoints.
5 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 Township.
Pensionable salary at Gloucester Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Gloucester Township reports a pensionable salary above $82,343 and half below, across 326 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $44,888 |
| 25th percentile | $52,089 |
| Median | $82,343 |
| 75th percentile | $130,122 |
| 90th percentile | $147,861 |
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 22 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 91st percentile, above the county's midpoint of $68,886. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 73rd 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 Township
The median enrolled member at Gloucester Township has 11.5 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 5.4 and 20.8 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 | 69 | 21% |
| 5 to 10 years | 67 | 21% |
| 10 to 15 years | 63 | 19% |
| 15 to 20 years | 37 | 11% |
| 20 to 25 years | 59 | 18% |
| 25 years or more | 31 | 10% |
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 Township, 36% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 113 | 35% |
| Tier 2 | 7 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 83 | 25% |
| Tier 4 | 6 | 2% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 117 | 36% |
Other public employers in Gloucester Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Gloucester 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 |
|---|---|
| GLOUCESTER TWP BD OF ED | 970 |
| GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP (this page) | 326 |
| GLOUCESTER TWP FIRE DISTRICT 4 | 9 |
| GLOUCESTER TWP FIRE DISTRICT 6 | 7 |
| GLOUCESTER TWP FIRE DISTRICT 2 | 7 |
| GLOUCESTER TWP FIRE DISTRICT 5 | 6 |
| GLOUCESTER TWP FIRE DISTRICT 3 | 2 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Gloucester 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.
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.
Civil service employers in Gloucester Township
Gloucester Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Two other Gloucester Township bodies hold civil service status separately from the township government, listed below. Each runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists, so Gloucester Township is really three employers rather than one.
- Gloucester Township Fire Districts (6), fire district
- Gloucester Township Municipal Utilities Authority, municipal utilities authority
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 Camden County
Camden County holds 30 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 15 municipalities, 4 public libraries, 3 fire districts, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 housing authority, 1 mosquito extermination commission, and 1 redevelopment agency.
15 of the county's 36 municipalities are among them.
Camden 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: Haddon Township Housing Authority, Lawnside, Lindenwold Borough, Lindenwold Fire District (1), Magnolia Borough, Pennsauken Library, Pennsauken Township, Runnemede Borough. See all 30 in Camden County.
Common questions about Gloucester Township
Is Gloucester Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Gloucester 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 Gloucester Township cover the rest of Gloucester Township?
No. Gloucester 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.
How do you find out when an examination is announced?
Announcements are published by the Civil Service Commission on their own schedule, each with a filing window that closes on a fixed date. Local employers do not always advertise separately, so watching the announcements directly is more reliable than watching a municipal website. Filing late is not curable, which makes the calendar the single most important part of the process.
How long does it take to get hired through this process?
Longer than an ordinary job application, and the timing is not in the hands of the employer. An announcement has to close, the examination has to be held and scored, the eligible list has to be promulgated, and only then can the employer request a certification. Several months between filing and an appointment is normal rather than a sign that something has gone wrong.
How many Gloucester Township employees are in a State pension system?
326 active memberships are reported through Gloucester Township, split across 199 in PERS and 127 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 Township?
$82,343, with the middle half of members between $52,089 and $130,122. 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 Township compare with the rest of Camden County?
Its median pensionable salary of $82,343 sits at the 91st percentile among the 22 civil service jurisdictions in Camden County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $68,886. 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 Township?
The median enrolled member has 11.5 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.