Lodi Borough
Municipality · Bergen County
107 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Lodi Borough, reporting a median pensionable salary of $78,008.
Lodi Borough, a municipality in Bergen County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Bergen County, 50 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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See all 50 civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Lodi Borough
107 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Lodi 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 | 54 | 50% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 53 | 50% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 53 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 Lodi Borough actually appoints.
3 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 Lodi Borough.
Pensionable salary at Lodi Borough
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Lodi Borough reports a pensionable salary above $78,008 and half below, across 107 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $53,479 |
| 25th percentile | $60,995 |
| Median | $78,008 |
| 75th percentile | $162,189 |
| 90th percentile | $179,537 |
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 25 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 44th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $80,210. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 63rd 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 Lodi Borough
The median enrolled member at Lodi Borough has 12.3 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.6 and 20 years. 25% 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 | 32 | 30% |
| 5 to 10 years | 16 | 15% |
| 10 to 15 years | 16 | 15% |
| 15 to 20 years | 16 | 15% |
| 20 to 25 years | 15 | 14% |
| 25 years or more | 12 | 11% |
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 Lodi Borough, 36% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 37 | 35% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 3 | 30 | 28% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 38 | 36% |
Other public employers in Lodi Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Lodi 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 |
|---|---|
| LODI BD OF ED | 385 |
| LODI BOROUGH (this page) | 107 |
| LODI HOUSING AUTHORITY | 11 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Lodi 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.
A permanent appointment starts with a working test period. You hold the title, you draw the salary, and you can still be released for unsatisfactory performance without the full removal process. Permanent status, and the job protection that comes with it, begins only once that period is completed satisfactorily.
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 Lodi Borough
Lodi Borough appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the borough government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Three other Lodi Borough bodies hold civil service status separately from the borough government, listed below. Each runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists, so Lodi Borough is really four employers rather than one.
- Lodi Housing Authority, housing authority
- Lodi Library, public library
- Lodi School District, school 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 Bergen County
Bergen County holds 50 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 21 municipalities, 20 public libraries, 4 boards of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 housing authority, 1 school district, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
21 of the county's 70 municipalities are among them.
Bergen 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: Waldwick Library, Wallington Borough, Wallington JFK Memorial Library, Wood-Ridge Borough, Wood-Ridge Library, Bergen County Board of Social Services, Bergen County Utilities Authority, Bergenfield Board of Health. See all 50 in Bergen County.
Common questions about Lodi Borough
Is Lodi Borough a civil service employer?
Yes. Lodi 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 Lodi Borough cover the rest of Lodi Borough?
No. Lodi 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.
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.
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.
How many Lodi Borough employees are in a State pension system?
107 active memberships are reported through Lodi Borough, split across 54 in PERS and 53 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 Lodi Borough?
$78,008, with the middle half of members between $60,995 and $162,189. 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 Lodi Borough compare with the rest of Bergen County?
Its median pensionable salary of $78,008 sits at the 44th percentile among the 25 civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $80,210. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Lodi Borough?
The median enrolled member has 12.3 years of credited service, and 25% 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.