Hazlet Township
Municipality · Monmouth County
93 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Hazlet Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $76,401.
Hazlet Township is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality in Monmouth County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Monmouth County has 25 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.
Hazlet Township Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
See all 25 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Hazlet Township
93 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Hazlet 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 | 50 | 54% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 43 | 46% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 43 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 Hazlet Township actually appoints.
1 of these members holds 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 Hazlet Township.
Pensionable salary at Hazlet Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Hazlet Township reports a pensionable salary above $76,401 and half below, across 93 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $35,806 |
| 25th percentile | $49,892 |
| Median | $76,401 |
| 75th percentile | $116,305 |
| 90th percentile | $157,246 |
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 21 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 62nd percentile, above the county's midpoint of $73,546. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 60th 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 Hazlet Township
The median enrolled member at Hazlet Township has 10.6 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.6 and 16.3 years. 17% 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 | 24 | 26% |
| 5 to 10 years | 16 | 17% |
| 10 to 15 years | 26 | 28% |
| 15 to 20 years | 11 | 12% |
| 20 to 25 years | 9 | 10% |
| 25 years or more | 7 | 8% |
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 Hazlet Township, 33% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 18 | 19% |
| Tier 2 | 2 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 41 | 44% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 31 | 33% |
Other public employers in Hazlet Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Hazlet 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 |
|---|---|
| HAZLET TWP BD OF ED | 367 |
| HAZLET TOWNSHIP (this page) | 93 |
| HAZLET TOWNSHIP FIRE DIST. 1 | 1 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Hazlet 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.
When there is no eligible list for a title, an employer can fill the job provisionally. Provisional service is real work at real pay, but it builds no permanent rights, and the employer is supposed to request an examination so the position can be filled permanently. Anyone appointed provisionally who wants to keep the job needs to take that examination when it comes.
Temporary and seasonal appointments sit outside the permanent track entirely. Summer recreation staff, short-term project help and coverage for an absent employee are filled without an examination and end when the need does. The work counts as experience when you later apply for a competitive title, but it confers no status of its own.
Civil service employers in Hazlet Township
Hazlet Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Hazlet Township body is listed separately: Hazlet Fire District (1), a fire district. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the township, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Hazlet Fire District (1), fire district
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 Monmouth County
Monmouth County holds 25 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 16 municipalities, 4 fire districts, 2 housing authorities, 1 county government, 1 public library, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
16 of the county's 53 municipalities are among them.
Monmouth 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: Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Hazlet Fire District (1), Highlands Borough, Holmdel Township, Keansburg, Keyport Borough, Lake Como Borough. See all 25 in Monmouth County.
Common questions about Hazlet Township
Is Hazlet Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Hazlet 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 Hazlet Township cover the rest of Hazlet Township?
No. Hazlet 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.
Do veterans get a preference on these lists?
Yes, and in New Jersey it is unusually strong. On an open competitive list, disabled veterans who pass are ranked ahead of all other candidates, and other veterans who pass are ranked ahead of non-veterans, regardless of score. Preference has to be claimed and verified in advance, and it does not carry over to promotional examinations.
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 Hazlet Township employees are in a State pension system?
93 active memberships are reported through Hazlet Township, split across 50 in PERS and 43 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 Hazlet Township?
$76,401, with the middle half of members between $49,892 and $116,305. 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 Hazlet Township compare with the rest of Monmouth County?
Its median pensionable salary of $76,401 sits at the 62nd percentile among the 21 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $73,546. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Hazlet Township?
The median enrolled member has 10.6 years of credited service, and 17% 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.