Lincoln Park Borough
Municipality · Morris County
78 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Lincoln Park Borough, reporting a median pensionable salary of $71,954.
As a municipality in Morris County, Lincoln Park Borough falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 19 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Morris County.
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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See all 19 civil service jurisdictions in Morris County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Lincoln Park Borough
78 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Lincoln Park Borough. 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 | 52 | 67% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 26 | 33% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 26 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 Lincoln Park Borough actually appoints.
Pensionable salary at Lincoln Park Borough
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Lincoln Park Borough reports a pensionable salary above $71,954 and half below, across 78 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $23,498 |
| 25th percentile | $50,715 |
| Median | $71,954 |
| 75th percentile | $102,321 |
| 90th percentile | $152,917 |
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 10 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 30th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $80,127. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 45th 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 Lincoln Park Borough
The median enrolled member at Lincoln Park Borough has 7.2 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 3.1 and 16.2 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 | 28 | 36% |
| 5 to 10 years | 19 | 24% |
| 10 to 15 years | 10 | 13% |
| 15 to 20 years | 8 | 10% |
| 20 to 25 years | 9 | 12% |
| 25 years or more | 4 | 5% |
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 Lincoln Park Borough, 50% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 17 | 22% |
| Tier 2 | 2 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 19 | 24% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 39 | 50% |
Other public employers in Lincoln Park Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Lincoln Park 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 |
|---|---|
| LINCOLN PARK BORO BD OF ED | 102 |
| LINCOLN PARK BOROUGH (this page) | 78 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Lincoln Park Borough
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.
Admission to an examination is decided on paper before anyone sits down to take it. The requirements printed in the specification are checked against what you wrote on the application, so experience you did not describe is experience that does not count. Vague employment history is the most common reason a qualified applicant never reaches the list.
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.
Civil service employers in Lincoln Park Borough
Lincoln Park Borough appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the borough government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Lincoln Park Borough body is listed separately: Lincoln Park Library, a public library. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the borough, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Lincoln Park Library, public library
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 Morris County
Morris County holds 19 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 9 municipalities, 8 public libraries, 1 county government, and 1 fire district.
9 of the county's 39 municipalities are among them.
Morris 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: Montville Fire Districts (3), Montville Library, Montville Township, Morristown, Parsippany-Troy Hills Library, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, Rockaway Library, Rockaway Township. See all 19 in Morris County.
Common questions about Lincoln Park Borough
Is Lincoln Park Borough a civil service employer?
Yes. Lincoln Park Borough 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 Lincoln Park Borough cover the rest of Lincoln Park Borough?
No. Lincoln Park Borough 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.
Can you challenge an examination result?
Yes. Eligibility determinations, examination scoring and list placement can be appealed to the Civil Service Commission, and there are filing deadlines measured from the date of the notice rather than from when you happen to see it. The appeal route is the reason the notices matter: missing the window generally forecloses the argument.
Are there jobs here that never go through an examination?
Yes. Unclassified positions, which typically include department heads and confidential staff, are filled at the discretion of the appointing authority. Noncompetitive and labor titles inside the classified service are also filled without a competitive examination, though they still sit under civil service rules for things like layoff rights.
How many Lincoln Park Borough employees are in a State pension system?
78 active memberships are reported through Lincoln Park Borough, split across 52 in PERS and 26 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 Lincoln Park Borough?
$71,954, with the middle half of members between $50,715 and $102,321. 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 Lincoln Park Borough compare with the rest of Morris County?
Its median pensionable salary of $71,954 sits at the 30th percentile among the 10 civil service jurisdictions in Morris County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $80,127. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Lincoln Park Borough?
The median enrolled member has 7.2 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.