North Bergen Revenue and Finance
Municipal Department · Hudson County
North Bergen Revenue and Finance, a municipal department in Hudson County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
It operates as a department-level appointing authority under North Bergen Township, one of a small number of New Jersey municipalities — those organized under the Walsh Act, the commission form of government — where individual departments, rather than the municipality as a whole, hold civil service jurisdiction status separately. Within Hudson County, 40 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
About municipal departments in New Jersey
A handful of New Jersey municipalities operate under the Walsh Act commission form of government, where individual departments such as Public Safety, Public Works, or Revenue and Finance function as their own appointing authorities. In these towns, civil service status and personnel decisions are tracked at the department level rather than for the municipality as a single employer.
Part of North Bergen Township
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Pension and salary data for North Bergen Revenue and Finance
North Bergen Revenue and Finance's staff appear on North Bergen Township's pension rolls: 357 enrolled members, a median pensionable salary of $65,359 and a median 10.3 years of credited service. Civil service status here runs department by department; pension reporting does not.
See every civil service jurisdiction in Hudson County for the ones that do report, or how we compile this.
Other public employers in North Bergen Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in North Bergen 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 |
|---|---|
| NORTH BERGEN BD OF ED | 911 |
| NORTH BERGEN TOWNSHIP | 357 |
| NORTH BERGEN HOUSING AUTHORITY | 47 |
| NORTH BERGEN PARKING AUTHORITY | 24 |
What civil service status means for jobs at North Bergen Revenue and Finance
The Commission's listing records this municipality department by department rather than as one employer. This one covers tax collection, assessment, purchasing, payroll and general accounting.
Local finance titles are heavily certificated, and the certificates come from the state separately from the civil service process. Tax collector requires the Certified Tax Collector credential, chief financial officer requires the Certified Municipal Finance Officer credential, and assessment work requires the Certified Tax Assessor credential. Below them the account clerk series is one of the most common clerical ladders in local government and a realistic way in while you work toward certification.
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.
Passing an examination puts you on an eligible list, not into a job. Lists are promulgated for a fixed life, commonly three years, and the Commission certifies names from the live list whenever an employer reports a vacancy. If no list exists for a title when a vacancy opens, the employer has to ask for an examination to be held.
Civil service employers in North Bergen Township
North Bergen Township is recorded in the Commission's listing one department at a time rather than as a single employer, and this entry is its revenue and finance department. It appoints, promotes and lays off on its own account.
North Bergen Township carries its own entry in the listing as well, so an eligible list certified to one department is not certified to the others.
The rest of what the listing records in North Bergen Township is below. Eight separate employers sit inside this one town, which is unusual: in most of New Jersey a municipality is a single appointing authority.
- North Bergen Library, public library
- North Bergen Municipal Utilities Authority, municipal utilities authority
- North Bergen Parks and Public Property, municipal department
- North Bergen Public Affairs, municipal department
- North Bergen Public Safety, municipal department
- North Bergen Public Works, municipal department
Civil service titles used by New Jersey municipal departments
Real classifications that New Jersey municipal departments 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 Hudson County
Hudson County holds 40 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 15 municipal departments, 9 municipalities, 8 public libraries, 2 housing authorities, 2 school districts, 1 county government, 1 fire district, 1 redevelopment agency, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
9 of the county's 12 municipalities are among them.
Hudson 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: Weehawken Township, West New York, West New York Library, West New York Parks and Public Property, West New York Public Affairs, West New York Public Safety, West New York Public Works, West New York Revenue and Finance. See all 40 in Hudson County.
Common questions about North Bergen Revenue and Finance
Is North Bergen Revenue and Finance a civil service employer?
Yes. North Bergen Revenue and Finance 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 North Bergen Revenue and Finance cover the rest of North Bergen Township?
No. North Bergen 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.
Does the state salary schedule apply to local jobs?
No. The salary schedules in the Compensation Compendium cover state employees. A local employer sets its own pay through ordinance and its own collective bargaining, so two towns using the identical civil service title can pay very differently. The title specification is statewide; the money attached to it is local.
Are there jobs here that never go through an examination?
Yes. Unclassified positions, which typically include department heads and confidential staff, are filled at the discretion of the appointing authority. Noncompetitive and labor titles inside the classified service are also filled without a competitive examination, though they still sit under civil service rules for things like layoff rights.