North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service
Fire District · Hudson County
300 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service, reporting a median pensionable salary of $123,259.
As a fire district in Hudson County, North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 40 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Hudson County.
About fire districts in New Jersey
A fire district is a special governmental unit, distinct from the municipality, created to fund and operate fire protection for a specific area. Some New Jersey towns have one fire district covering the whole municipality; others split into several districts, each with its own budget, commissioners, and personnel authority.
See all 40 civil service jurisdictions in Hudson County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service
300 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 277 | 92% |
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 23 | 8% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 277 firefighters. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service actually appoints.
1 of these members holds 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 Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service.
Pensionable salary at North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service reports a pensionable salary above $123,259 and half below, across 300 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $52,075 |
| 25th percentile | $100,554 |
| Median | $123,259 |
| 75th percentile | $166,445 |
| 90th percentile | $186,642 |
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 100th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $66,228. Against the 14 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 100th 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 Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service
The median enrolled member at North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service has 12.8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 6.9 and 21.4 years. 32% 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 | 45 | 15% |
| 5 to 10 years | 61 | 20% |
| 10 to 15 years | 62 | 21% |
| 15 to 20 years | 36 | 12% |
| 20 to 25 years | 38 | 13% |
| 25 years or more | 58 | 19% |
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 Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service, 4% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 108 | 36% |
| Tier 3 | 179 | 60% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 0% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 12 | 4% |
What civil service status means for jobs at North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service
A fire district is a separate taxing and governing unit from the municipality, with its own board of fire commissioners and its own budget. Some New Jersey towns are covered by a single district; others are divided into several numbered districts, each hiring on its own account. That is why a district rather than a town appears in the Commission's listing.
Firefighter hiring runs through a statewide entry-level process rather than a local application, with physical performance testing and medical screening alongside the written component. Above the entry title the ladder is closed and promotional: lieutenant, captain, deputy chief and chief are filled by examination from among people already serving. Fire prevention and fire official titles run on a separate track tied to state certification.
A permanent appointment starts with a working test period. You hold the title, you draw the salary, and you can still be released for unsatisfactory performance without the full removal process. Permanent status, and the job protection that comes with it, begins only once that period is completed satisfactorily.
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.
Countywide civil service employers in Hudson County
North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service operates countywide rather than inside one municipality, so it is not tied to a single town's civil service status the way a municipal library or a fire district is.
One other countywide body in Hudson County is in the listing as well. They are separate employers with separate hiring, and a candidate list certified to one is not certified to another.
- Hudson County, county government
Civil service titles used by New Jersey fire districts
Real classifications that New Jersey fire districts 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 Public Affairs, West New York Public Safety, West New York Public Works, West New York Revenue and Finance, Bayonne, Bayonne Housing Authority, Bayonne Library, Harrison. See all 40 in Hudson County.
Common questions about North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service
Is North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service a civil service employer?
Yes. North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service 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.
Is there always a written test?
No. New Jersey runs both assembled examinations, where candidates are scheduled to sit a test, and unassembled ones, where a reviewer scores your education and experience against the requirements in the specification and there is no test day at all. The announcement says which kind it is. For an unassembled examination the application itself is the examination, so how fully you describe your experience is the score.
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 many North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service employees are in a State pension system?
300 active memberships are reported through North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service, split across 277 in PFRS and 23 in PERS. 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 Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service?
$123,259, with the middle half of members between $100,554 and $166,445. 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 Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service compare with the rest of Hudson County?
Its median pensionable salary of $123,259 sits at the 100th 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 Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Service?
The median enrolled member has 12.8 years of credited service, and 32% 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.