Mount Holly Township
Municipality · Burlington County
50 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Mount Holly Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $63,439.
Mount Holly Township is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality in Burlington County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Burlington County has 35 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
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.
Mount Holly 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 Mount Holly Township
50 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Mount Holly 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 | 27 | 54% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 23 | 46% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 23 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 Mount Holly Township actually appoints.
Pensionable salary at Mount Holly Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Mount Holly Township reports a pensionable salary above $63,439 and half below, across 50 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $48,335 |
| 25th percentile | $52,558 |
| Median | $63,439 |
| 75th percentile | $82,844 |
| 90th percentile | $113,330 |
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 31st percentile, below the county's midpoint of $69,265. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 19th 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 Mount Holly Township
The median enrolled member at Mount Holly Township has 9.4 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 6.2 and 12.4 years. 12% 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 | 11 | 22% |
| 5 to 10 years | 15 | 30% |
| 10 to 15 years | 14 | 28% |
| 15 to 20 years | 4 | 8% |
| 20 to 25 years | 2 | 4% |
| 25 years or more | 4 | 8% |
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 Mount Holly Township, 42% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 9 | 18% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 19 | 38% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 21 | 42% |
Other public employers in Mount Holly Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Mount Holly 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 |
|---|---|
| MOUNT HOLLY TWP BD OF ED | 177 |
| MOUNT HOLLY TOWNSHIP (this page) | 50 |
| MOUNT HOLLY MUN UTIL AUTH | 43 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Mount Holly 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.
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.
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.
Civil service employers in Mount Holly Township
Mount Holly 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 Mount Holly Township body is listed separately: Mount Holly Fire District (1), a fire district. 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.
- Mount Holly Fire District (1), fire 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 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 Township, Burlington Township Fire District (1), Cinnaminson Fire District (1), Cinnaminson Township, Delanco Township, Delran Fire District (1), Delran Township, Edgewater Park Fire District (1). See all 35 in Burlington County.
Common questions about Mount Holly Township
Is Mount Holly Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Mount Holly 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 Mount Holly Township cover the rest of Mount Holly Township?
No. Mount Holly 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 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.
Do you have to live in New Jersey to work here?
Generally yes. The New Jersey First Act requires public employees hired after September 1, 2011 to live in the state, with a grace period for new hires to relocate and a narrow exemption process. Separately, individual examination announcements sometimes carry a local residency preference, which affects the order of the list rather than eligibility.
How many Mount Holly Township employees are in a State pension system?
50 active memberships are reported through Mount Holly Township, split across 27 in PERS and 23 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 Mount Holly Township?
$63,439, with the middle half of members between $52,558 and $82,844. 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 Mount Holly Township compare with the rest of Burlington County?
Its median pensionable salary of $63,439 sits at the 31st 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 Mount Holly Township?
The median enrolled member has 9.4 years of credited service, and 12% 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.