Lodi School District
School District · Bergen County
385 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Lodi School District, reporting a median pensionable salary of $73,125.
Lodi School District is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a school district in Bergen County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Bergen County has 50 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About school districts in New Jersey
A school district's civil service coverage here applies to its non-instructional staff, meaning the classified positions like clerical, maintenance, and support roles that fall under Title 11A. Teaching staff are governed separately, under New Jersey's tenure and certification laws rather than the civil service system.
See all 50 civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Lodi School District
385 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Lodi School District. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TPAF | Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund | 314 | 82% |
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 71 | 18% |
13 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 School District.
Pensionable salary at Lodi School District
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Lodi School District reports a pensionable salary above $73,125 and half below, across 385 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $42,644 |
| 25th percentile | $59,059 |
| Median | $73,125 |
| 75th percentile | $95,607 |
| 90th percentile | $105,854 |
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 24th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $80,210. Against the 9 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 89th 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 School District
The median enrolled member at Lodi School District has 12.8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.7 and 21.5 years. 29% 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 | 109 | 28% |
| 5 to 10 years | 57 | 15% |
| 10 to 15 years | 41 | 11% |
| 15 to 20 years | 65 | 17% |
| 20 to 25 years | 53 | 14% |
| 25 years or more | 60 | 16% |
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 School District, 54% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 130 | 34% |
| Tier 2 | 23 | 6% |
| Tier 3 | 15 | 4% |
| Tier 4 | 11 | 3% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 206 | 54% |
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 (this page) | 385 |
| LODI BOROUGH | 107 |
| LODI HOUSING AUTHORITY | 11 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Lodi School District
A school district appears in this directory for its non-instructional workforce only. Teachers, principals and other certificated staff are governed by New Jersey's tenure and certification law rather than Title 11A, so none of this applies to them.
What civil service does cover is the support side: custodial and maintenance staff, bus drivers, security and traffic guards, clerical and account clerk titles, school nurses aides, and the mechanics who keep the fleet running. The split catches people out, because a district can be a civil service employer for its custodians while the teachers in the same building are hired under an entirely different set of rules.
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.
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.
Civil service employers in Lodi Borough
Lodi School District serves Lodi Borough, a borough in Bergen County, but it is in the listing as a school district on its own account rather than as part of the borough government.
The Lodi Borough government is listed too: Lodi Borough. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
Two further Lodi Borough bodies are listed as well, which puts four separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Lodi Housing Authority, housing authority
- Lodi Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey school districts
Real classifications that New Jersey school districts 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: Wood-Ridge Borough, Wood-Ridge Library, Bergen County Board of Social Services, Bergen County Utilities Authority, Bergenfield Board of Health, Bergenfield Borough, Bergenfield Library, East Rutherford Borough. See all 50 in Bergen County.
Common questions about Lodi School District
Is Lodi School District a civil service employer?
Yes. Lodi School District 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 School District 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.
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.
Is the job specification the same everywhere?
Yes, and that is the point of the classification system. A title has one specification statewide, covering the definition of the work, the education and experience requirements, and any licence the title depends on. That is what makes experience gained at one civil service employer legible to another, even in a different county.
How many Lodi School District employees are in a State pension system?
385 active memberships are reported through Lodi School District, split across 314 in TPAF and 71 in PERS. 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 School District?
$73,125, with the middle half of members between $59,059 and $95,607. 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 School District compare with the rest of Bergen County?
Its median pensionable salary of $73,125 sits at the 24th 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 School District?
The median enrolled member has 12.8 years of credited service, and 29% 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.