Millville City
Municipality · Cumberland County
205 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Millville City, reporting a median pensionable salary of $56,528.
As a municipality in Cumberland County, Millville 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 12 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Cumberland 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.
Millville Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
See all 12 civil service jurisdictions in Cumberland County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Millville City
205 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Millville 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 | 126 | 61% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 79 | 39% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 63 police officers and 16 firefighters. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Millville City actually appoints.
6 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 Millville City.
Pensionable salary at Millville City
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Millville City reports a pensionable salary above $56,528 and half below, across 205 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $36,436 |
| 25th percentile | $45,057 |
| Median | $56,528 |
| 75th percentile | $80,074 |
| 90th percentile | $108,518 |
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 8 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 50th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $57,805. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 8th 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 Millville City
The median enrolled member at Millville City has 6.6 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 2.7 and 14.7 years. 14% 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 | 72 | 35% |
| 5 to 10 years | 61 | 30% |
| 10 to 15 years | 21 | 10% |
| 15 to 20 years | 23 | 11% |
| 20 to 25 years | 18 | 9% |
| 25 years or more | 10 | 5% |
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 Millville City, 49% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 46 | 22% |
| Tier 2 | 4 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 54 | 26% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 101 | 49% |
Other public employers in Millville
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Millville. 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 |
|---|---|
| MILLVILLE BD OF ED | 856 |
| MILLVILLE CITY (this page) | 205 |
| MILLVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY | 16 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Millville 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.
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.
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 Millville
Millville City appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the city government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Millville body is listed separately: Millville School District, a school district. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the city, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Millville 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 Cumberland County
Cumberland County holds 12 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 4 municipalities, 3 public libraries, 3 school districts, 1 county government, and 1 housing authority.
4 of the county's 14 municipalities are among them.
Cumberland 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: Cumberland County Library, Maurice River School District, Maurice River Township, Millville School District, Vineland City, Vineland Library, Vineland School District, Bridgeton. See all 12 in Cumberland County.
Common questions about Millville City
Is Millville City a civil service employer?
Yes. Millville 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 Millville City cover the rest of Millville?
No. Millville 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.
How long does it take to get hired through this process?
Longer than an ordinary job application, and the timing is not in the hands of the employer. An announcement has to close, the examination has to be held and scored, the eligible list has to be promulgated, and only then can the employer request a certification. Several months between filing and an appointment is normal rather than a sign that something has gone wrong.
How many Millville City employees are in a State pension system?
205 active memberships are reported through Millville City, split across 126 in PERS and 79 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 Millville City?
$56,528, with the middle half of members between $45,057 and $80,074. 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 Millville City compare with the rest of Cumberland County?
Its median pensionable salary of $56,528 sits at the 50th percentile among the 8 civil service jurisdictions in Cumberland County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $57,805. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Millville City?
The median enrolled member has 6.6 years of credited service, and 14% 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.