Moorestown Township
Municipality · Burlington County
116 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Moorestown Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $78,698.
Moorestown Township, a municipality in Burlington County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Burlington County, 35 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.
Moorestown Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
See all 35 civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Moorestown Township
116 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Moorestown 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 | 85 | 73% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 31 | 27% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 31 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 Moorestown Township actually appoints.
3 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 Moorestown Township.
Pensionable salary at Moorestown Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Moorestown Township reports a pensionable salary above $78,698 and half below, across 116 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $44,113 |
| 25th percentile | $62,303 |
| Median | $78,698 |
| 75th percentile | $96,320 |
| 90th percentile | $122,608 |
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 26 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 77th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $69,265. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 65th 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 Moorestown Township
The median enrolled member at Moorestown Township has 9.4 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.5 and 20.9 years. 26% 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 | 35 | 30% |
| 5 to 10 years | 24 | 21% |
| 10 to 15 years | 20 | 17% |
| 15 to 20 years | 7 | 6% |
| 20 to 25 years | 15 | 13% |
| 25 years or more | 15 | 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 Moorestown Township, 47% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 35 | 30% |
| Tier 3 | 25 | 22% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 55 | 47% |
Other public employers in Moorestown Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Moorestown 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 |
|---|---|
| MOORESTOWN TOWNSHIP BD OF ED | 609 |
| MOORESTOWN TOWNSHIP (this page) | 116 |
| MOORESTOWN TWP FIRE DISTRICT 1 | 6 |
| MOORESTOWN TWP FIRE DISTRICT 2 | 4 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Moorestown 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.
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.
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 Moorestown Township
Moorestown 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 Moorestown 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 Moorestown Township is really three employers rather than one.
- Moorestown Fire Districts (2), fire district
- Moorestown 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 Burlington County
Burlington County holds 35 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 17 municipalities, 9 fire districts, 4 public libraries, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, and 1 housing authority.
17 of the county's 40 municipalities are among them.
Burlington 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: Burlington City, Burlington City Housing Authority, Burlington County Board of Social Services, Burlington County Library, Burlington Township, Burlington Township Fire District (1), Cinnaminson Fire District (1), Cinnaminson Township. See all 35 in Burlington County.
Common questions about Moorestown Township
Is Moorestown Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Moorestown 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 Moorestown Township cover the rest of Moorestown Township?
No. Moorestown 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.
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 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 Moorestown Township employees are in a State pension system?
116 active memberships are reported through Moorestown Township, split across 85 in PERS and 31 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 Moorestown Township?
$78,698, with the middle half of members between $62,303 and $96,320. 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 Moorestown Township compare with the rest of Burlington County?
Its median pensionable salary of $78,698 sits at the 77th percentile among the 26 civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $69,265. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Moorestown Township?
The median enrolled member has 9.4 years of credited service, and 26% 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.