North Bergen Township
Municipality · Hudson County
357 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through North Bergen Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $65,359.
North Bergen Township is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality in Hudson County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Hudson County has 40 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.
Department-level jurisdictions
North Bergen Police Department — discipline and transparency records via PoliceTransparencyNJ
See all 40 civil service jurisdictions in Hudson County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at North Bergen Township
357 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through North Bergen 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 | 229 | 64% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 128 | 36% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 128 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 North Bergen Township actually appoints.
4 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 North Bergen Township.
Pensionable salary at North Bergen Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at North Bergen Township reports a pensionable salary above $65,359 and half below, across 357 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $29,472 |
| 25th percentile | $42,827 |
| Median | $65,359 |
| 75th percentile | $122,927 |
| 90th percentile | $139,668 |
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 15 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 47th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $66,228. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 23rd 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 North Bergen Township
The median enrolled member at North Bergen Township has 10.3 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 3.8 and 20.1 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 | 110 | 31% |
| 5 to 10 years | 64 | 18% |
| 10 to 15 years | 48 | 13% |
| 15 to 20 years | 45 | 13% |
| 20 to 25 years | 53 | 15% |
| 25 years or more | 37 | 10% |
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 North Bergen Township, 39% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 113 | 32% |
| Tier 2 | 8 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 95 | 27% |
| Tier 4 | 2 | 1% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 139 | 39% |
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 (this page) | 357 |
| NORTH BERGEN HOUSING AUTHORITY | 47 |
| NORTH BERGEN PARKING AUTHORITY | 24 |
What civil service status means for jobs at North Bergen 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.
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.
Civil service employers in North Bergen Township
North Bergen Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Seven other North Bergen 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 North Bergen Township is really eight employers rather than one.
- 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
- North Bergen Revenue and Finance, municipal department
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 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: 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, Bayonne. See all 40 in Hudson County.
Common questions about North Bergen Township
Is North Bergen Township a civil service employer?
Yes. North Bergen 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 North Bergen Township 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.
Is the job specification the same everywhere?
Yes, and that is the point of the classification system. A title has one specification statewide, covering the definition of the work, the education and experience requirements, and any licence the title depends on. That is what makes experience gained at one civil service employer legible to another, even in a different county.
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 North Bergen Township employees are in a State pension system?
357 active memberships are reported through North Bergen Township, split across 229 in PERS and 128 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 North Bergen Township?
$65,359, with the middle half of members between $42,827 and $122,927. 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 North Bergen Township compare with the rest of Hudson County?
Its median pensionable salary of $65,359 sits at the 47th percentile among the 15 civil service jurisdictions in Hudson County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $66,228. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at North Bergen Township?
The median enrolled member has 10.3 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.