Lavallette
Municipality · Ocean County
46 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Lavallette, reporting a median pensionable salary of $70,084.
Lavallette, a municipality in Ocean County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Ocean County, 28 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
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.
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Who is on the pension rolls at Lavallette
46 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Lavallette. 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 | 34 | 74% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 12 | 26% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 12 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 Lavallette actually appoints.
Pensionable salary at Lavallette
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Lavallette reports a pensionable salary above $70,084 and half below, across 46 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $41,986 |
| 25th percentile | $52,169 |
| Median | $70,084 |
| 75th percentile | $109,079 |
| 90th percentile | $140,659 |
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 23 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 70th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $67,000. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 41st 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 Lavallette
The median enrolled member at Lavallette has 16 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 5.2 and 22.8 years. 41% 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 | 12 | 26% |
| 5 to 10 years | 7 | 15% |
| 10 to 15 years | 4 | 9% |
| 15 to 20 years | 4 | 9% |
| 20 to 25 years | 12 | 26% |
| 25 years or more | 7 | 15% |
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 Lavallette, 37% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 20 | 43% |
| Tier 2 | 2 | 4% |
| Tier 3 | 7 | 15% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 17 | 37% |
Other public employers in Lavallette Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Lavallette Borough. 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 |
|---|---|
| LAVALLETTE BOROUGH (this page) | 46 |
| LAVALLETTE BOROUGH BD OF ED | 25 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Lavallette
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.
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.
Not every position at a civil service employer is competitive. The classified service is divided into competitive, noncompetitive and labor titles, and above that sits the unclassified service, which covers department heads, confidential aides and similar positions filled without an examination. Which division a title sits in decides how you get it, so read the specification before assuming there is an exam.
Civil service employers in Lavallette Borough
Lavallette Borough appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the borough government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Nothing else in Lavallette Borough appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Lavallette Borough that falls under Title 11A is a job with the borough 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 Ocean County
Ocean County holds 28 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 16 municipalities, 3 fire districts, 2 school districts, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 public library, and 1 mosquito extermination commission.
16 of the county's 33 municipalities are among them.
Ocean 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: Ocean County Library, Ocean County Mosquito Extermination, Point Pleasant Beach Borough, Point Pleasant Borough, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park, South Toms River, Beach Haven Borough. See all 28 in Ocean County.
Common questions about Lavallette
Is Lavallette a civil service employer?
Yes. Lavallette 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 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 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 many Lavallette employees are in a State pension system?
46 active memberships are reported through Lavallette, split across 34 in PERS and 12 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 Lavallette?
$70,084, with the middle half of members between $52,169 and $109,079. 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 Lavallette compare with the rest of Ocean County?
Its median pensionable salary of $70,084 sits at the 70th percentile among the 23 civil service jurisdictions in Ocean County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $67,000. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Lavallette?
The median enrolled member has 16 years of credited service, and 41% 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.