Margate City
Municipality · Atlantic County
138 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Margate City, reporting a median pensionable salary of $87,381.
As a municipality in Atlantic County, Margate City falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 16 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Atlantic 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.
Department-level jurisdictions
Margate Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
See all 16 civil service jurisdictions in Atlantic County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Margate City
138 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Margate City. 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 | 70 | 51% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 68 | 49% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 30 police officers and 38 firefighters. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Margate City 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 Margate City.
Pensionable salary at Margate City
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Margate City reports a pensionable salary above $87,381 and half below, across 138 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $50,179 |
| 25th percentile | $65,522 |
| Median | $87,381 |
| 75th percentile | $129,337 |
| 90th percentile | $150,946 |
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 11 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 100th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $64,764. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 84th 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 Margate City
The median enrolled member at Margate City has 11.5 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 6.1 and 21 years. 28% 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 | 27 | 20% |
| 5 to 10 years | 34 | 25% |
| 10 to 15 years | 20 | 14% |
| 15 to 20 years | 18 | 13% |
| 20 to 25 years | 23 | 17% |
| 25 years or more | 16 | 12% |
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 Margate City, 30% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 53 | 38% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 3 | 42 | 30% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 41 | 30% |
Other public employers in Margate City
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Margate City. 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 |
|---|---|
| MARGATE CITY (this page) | 138 |
| MARGATE CITY BD OF ED | 77 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Margate City
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.
Your title, not your assignment, defines what you are supposed to be doing. If the duties you actually perform drift outside the specification for the title you hold, that is a classification question rather than a management preference, and an employee can ask for the position to be reviewed and reclassified. It is one of the quieter protections in the system and one of the least used.
Civil service employers in Margate City
Margate City appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the city government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Four other Margate City bodies hold civil service status separately from the city government, listed below. Each runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists, so Margate City is really five employers rather than one.
- Margate Library, public library
- Margate Public Safety, municipal department
- Margate Public Works, municipal department
- Margate Revenue and Finance, municipal department
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 Atlantic County
Atlantic County holds 16 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 8 municipalities, 3 municipal departments, 2 public libraries, 2 municipal utilities authorities, and 1 county government.
8 of the county's 23 municipalities are among them.
Atlantic 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: Buena Municipal Utilities Authority, Egg Harbor City, Hammonton, Margate Library, Margate Public Safety, Margate Public Works, Margate Revenue and Finance, Pleasantville. See all 16 in Atlantic County.
Common questions about Margate City
Is Margate City a civil service employer?
Yes. Margate City 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 Margate City cover the rest of Margate City?
No. Margate City 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.
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 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 Margate City employees are in a State pension system?
138 active memberships are reported through Margate City, split across 70 in PERS and 68 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 Margate City?
$87,381, with the middle half of members between $65,522 and $129,337. 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 Margate City compare with the rest of Atlantic County?
Its median pensionable salary of $87,381 sits at the 100th percentile among the 11 civil service jurisdictions in Atlantic County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $64,764. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Margate City?
The median enrolled member has 11.5 years of credited service, and 28% 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.