Middletown Township
Municipality · Monmouth County
344 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Middletown Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $65,431.
As a municipality in Monmouth County, Middletown 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.
Middletown 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 Middletown Township
344 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Middletown 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 | 232 | 67% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 112 | 33% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 112 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 Middletown Township actually appoints.
5 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 Middletown Township.
Pensionable salary at Middletown Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Middletown Township reports a pensionable salary above $65,431 and half below, across 344 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $32,757 |
| 25th percentile | $47,298 |
| Median | $65,431 |
| 75th percentile | $105,234 |
| 90th percentile | $154,140 |
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 24th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $73,546. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 24th 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 Middletown Township
The median enrolled member at Middletown Township has 10.3 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 3.3 and 19.1 years. 22% 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 | 119 | 35% |
| 5 to 10 years | 51 | 15% |
| 10 to 15 years | 60 | 17% |
| 15 to 20 years | 38 | 11% |
| 20 to 25 years | 33 | 10% |
| 25 years or more | 43 | 13% |
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 Middletown Township, 48% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 95 | 28% |
| Tier 2 | 8 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 76 | 22% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 165 | 48% |
Other public employers in Middletown Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Middletown 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 |
|---|---|
| MIDDLETOWN TWP BD OF ED | 1,144 |
| MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP (this page) | 344 |
| MIDDLETOWN TWP SEWERAGE AUTH | 36 |
| MIDDLETOWN TWP HOUSING AUTH | 7 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Middletown 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.
When there is no eligible list for a title, an employer can fill the job provisionally. Provisional service is real work at real pay, but it builds no permanent rights, and the employer is supposed to request an examination so the position can be filled permanently. Anyone appointed provisionally who wants to keep the job needs to take that examination when it comes.
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 Middletown Township
Middletown Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Middletown Township body is listed separately: Middletown Township Library, a public library. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the township, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Middletown Township 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 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: Keansburg, Keyport Borough, Lake Como Borough, Long Branch, Manasquan Borough, Manasquan Fire District (1), Marlboro Fire District (1), Marlboro Municipal Utilities Authority. See all 25 in Monmouth County.
Common questions about Middletown Township
Is Middletown Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Middletown 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 Middletown Township cover the rest of Middletown Township?
No. Middletown 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.
Does the Civil Service Commission decide who gets hired?
No. The Commission runs the examination, ranks the candidates and certifies the list. The employer is the appointing authority: it decides whether to fill the position at all and which of the reachable candidates to appoint. That division is why a high score improves your odds without guaranteeing anything.
How many Middletown Township employees are in a State pension system?
344 active memberships are reported through Middletown Township, split across 232 in PERS and 112 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 Middletown Township?
$65,431, with the middle half of members between $47,298 and $105,234. 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 Middletown Township compare with the rest of Monmouth County?
Its median pensionable salary of $65,431 sits at the 24th 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 Middletown Township?
The median enrolled member has 10.3 years of credited service, and 22% 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.