Montville Township
Municipality · Morris County
122 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Montville Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $83,669.
Montville Township, a municipality in Morris County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Morris County, 19 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
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.
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See all 19 civil service jurisdictions in Morris County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Montville Township
122 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Montville 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 | 82 | 67% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 40 | 33% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 40 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 Montville Township actually appoints.
2 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 Montville Township.
Pensionable salary at Montville Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Montville Township reports a pensionable salary above $83,669 and half below, across 122 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $48,088 |
| 25th percentile | $65,588 |
| Median | $83,669 |
| 75th percentile | $113,878 |
| 90th percentile | $156,409 |
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 10 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 80th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $80,127. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 76th 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 Montville Township
The median enrolled member at Montville Township has 11.7 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 5.3 and 20.4 years. 25% 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 | 29 | 24% |
| 5 to 10 years | 23 | 19% |
| 10 to 15 years | 22 | 18% |
| 15 to 20 years | 17 | 14% |
| 20 to 25 years | 14 | 11% |
| 25 years or more | 17 | 14% |
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 Montville Township, 39% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 39 | 32% |
| Tier 2 | 2 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 31 | 25% |
| Tier 4 | 3 | 2% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 47 | 39% |
Other public employers in Montville Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Montville 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 |
|---|---|
| MONTVILLE TWP BD OF ED | 567 |
| MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP (this page) | 122 |
| MONTVILLE TWP FIRE DISTRICT 3 | 3 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Montville 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.
New Jersey does not require an employer to hire whoever scored highest. When a list is certified, the appointing authority may choose among the top three interested candidates, which is why a rank of two or three on a list is still a serious position and why interviews still decide outcomes.
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.
Civil service employers in Montville Township
Montville 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 Montville 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 Montville Township is really three employers rather than one.
- Montville Fire Districts (3), fire district
- Montville 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 Morris County
Morris County holds 19 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 9 municipalities, 8 public libraries, 1 county government, and 1 fire district.
9 of the county's 39 municipalities are among them.
Morris 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: Montville Fire Districts (3), Montville Library, Morristown, Parsippany-Troy Hills Library, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, Rockaway Library, Rockaway Township, Boonton Library. See all 19 in Morris County.
Common questions about Montville Township
Is Montville Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Montville 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 Montville Township cover the rest of Montville Township?
No. Montville 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.
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 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 Montville Township employees are in a State pension system?
122 active memberships are reported through Montville Township, split across 82 in PERS and 40 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 Montville Township?
$83,669, with the middle half of members between $65,588 and $113,878. 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 Montville Township compare with the rest of Morris County?
Its median pensionable salary of $83,669 sits at the 80th percentile among the 10 civil service jurisdictions in Morris County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $80,127. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Montville Township?
The median enrolled member has 11.7 years of credited service, and 25% 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.