Marlboro Township
Municipality · Monmouth County
201 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Marlboro Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $82,816.
As a municipality in Monmouth County, Marlboro Township falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 25 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth 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.
Marlboro Township Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
See all 25 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Marlboro Township
201 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Marlboro Township. 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 | 128 | 64% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 73 | 36% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 73 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 Marlboro Township actually appoints.
4 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 Marlboro Township.
Pensionable salary at Marlboro Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Marlboro Township reports a pensionable salary above $82,816 and half below, across 201 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $43,818 |
| 25th percentile | $54,123 |
| Median | $82,816 |
| 75th percentile | $108,166 |
| 90th percentile | $157,714 |
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 21 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 76th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $73,546. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 75th 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 Marlboro Township
The median enrolled member at Marlboro Township has 10.2 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.1 and 22.7 years. 32% 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 | 59 | 29% |
| 5 to 10 years | 38 | 19% |
| 10 to 15 years | 27 | 13% |
| 15 to 20 years | 13 | 6% |
| 20 to 25 years | 26 | 13% |
| 25 years or more | 38 | 19% |
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 Marlboro Township, 38% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 68 | 34% |
| Tier 2 | 5 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 51 | 25% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 77 | 38% |
Other public employers in Marlboro Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Marlboro Township. 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 |
|---|---|
| MARLBORO TOWNSHIP BD OF ED | 705 |
| MARLBORO TOWNSHIP (this page) | 201 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Marlboro Township
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.
Promotional examinations are closed. They are open to employees already serving in the unit, scored on a combination of the examination and seniority, and they are how most supervisory positions in local government get filled. It is the main reason entry-level appointments matter so much: they are the door to the ladder above them.
Civil service employers in Marlboro Township
Marlboro Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Two other Marlboro Township bodies hold civil service status separately from the township government, listed below. Each runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists, so Marlboro Township is really three employers rather than one.
- Marlboro Fire District (1), fire district
- Marlboro Municipal Utilities Authority, municipal utilities authority
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 Monmouth County
Monmouth County holds 25 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 16 municipalities, 4 fire districts, 2 housing authorities, 1 county government, 1 public library, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
16 of the county's 53 municipalities are among them.
Monmouth 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: Aberdeen Fire Districts (2), Aberdeen Township, Asbury Park City, Belmar Borough, Belmar Housing Authority, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Hazlet Fire District (1). See all 25 in Monmouth County.
Common questions about Marlboro Township
Is Marlboro Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Marlboro Township 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 Marlboro Township cover the rest of Marlboro Township?
No. Marlboro Township 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.
Is there always a written test?
No. New Jersey runs both assembled examinations, where candidates are scheduled to sit a test, and unassembled ones, where a reviewer scores your education and experience against the requirements in the specification and there is no test day at all. The announcement says which kind it is. For an unassembled examination the application itself is the examination, so how fully you describe your experience is the score.
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.
How many Marlboro Township employees are in a State pension system?
201 active memberships are reported through Marlboro Township, split across 128 in PERS and 73 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 Marlboro Township?
$82,816, with the middle half of members between $54,123 and $108,166. 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 Marlboro Township compare with the rest of Monmouth County?
Its median pensionable salary of $82,816 sits at the 76th percentile among the 21 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $73,546. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Marlboro Township?
The median enrolled member has 10.2 years of credited service, and 32% 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.